[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu as a Disruptive Technology

[juank at vodamail.co.za]

Hi

Or you could in stall all those ms products under "wine" or "playonlinux" till you are comfortable with the linux product of choice to replace them.

Juan

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-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Sharp <leesharp at hal-pc.org>
Sender: ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.comDate: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:09:52 
To: <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
Reply-To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Ubuntu as a Disruptive Technology

On 04/14/2013 11:43 PM, Ramu Iyer wrote:
> I want to make a conscious transition from Windows to Ubuntu. At the
> office, everybody is required to use a Windows laptop because that is
> the standard IT policy. As a Project Manager, I use the following
> applications:

You asked a lot, and talked about a lot, but I am only going to cover a 
small amount...

> * MS Outlook (for email)
Thunderbird or Evoloution.  However, neither really to the MicroSoft 
shared calanders correctly.  If that is a critical business need, you 
have more work ahead of you.

> * Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio

Libre Office does not have anything like Viseo.  The closes I have found 
is yEd, which is FreeWare, not FOSS.  It also can not import or export 
Viso documents.

> * Microsoft Project

I do not use these so you will have to pick one.
http://www.ganttproject.biz/
https://live.gnome.org/Planner
http://www.taskjuggler.org/    (Requires Ruby, and RubyGems)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openproj/  (Stale)

Good luck!

			Lee

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