No Alternative wrote:
On Mon, 04 May 2009 22:33:55 +0100, Noel Paton wrote:

On Mon, 4 May 2009 15:07:58 +0000 (UTC), No Alternative
wrote:



I am sure there are others. Anyone else had some good experiences
recently with a version Linux?
No thanks - I'd like to be able to read/write the same file format as
everyone else I know - without the hassle of working out what the hell
they're using to read it with.

file formats aren't generally a problem. Linux word processors like
openoffice and abiword, read and write doc, txt, and rtf files. Linux
graphics programs like the gimp, or mtpaint, read and write gif, jpg, and
png images. Linux compression utilities will zip and unzip zip
formats. There are several programs for viewing and reading pdf , and
most media players will handle mp3, reaplpayer, and quicktime files.

Open Office also reads docx files. Linux can also handle RAR out of the
box. The old days of Linux not being able to read MS files or interpret
NTFS have been over for a long time. If you dual boot with Windows,
Linux will be able see Windows and read or write to its partition.
Windows, OTOH, cannot see the Linux partitions, which is just as well.

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