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Team Ubuntu Singapore Session 1 Presentation
Team Ubuntu Singapore Session 1 Presentation
Team Ubuntu Singapore Session 1 Presentation
Team Ubuntu Singapore Presentation :: http://ubuntu.sg
Humanity towards others
● What is Ubuntu all about?
● Ubuntu 8.04 – Hardy Heron
● Office Tools
● Productivity Tools
● Web Browsing
● Music and Video
● Photos and Design
● Games
● About Team Ubuntu Singapore
● Contact Us
Ubuntu is about...
A communitydeveloped, Linuxbased operating system
Comparable to Microsoft Windows
Contains a lot of applications for word processing, email applications,
instant messaging, web surfing, graphics design and games
Friendly userinterface
LiveCD
WUBI
Is and always will be free!
The Desktop
http://gnomestyle.blogspot.com/2007/05/makeubuntulooklikevista.html
Appearance
Desktop Effects - Compiz-fusion
One-Click Add/Remove
● Simple graphical interface for
installing and removing
applications in Ubuntu
Freely available
●
Access to thousands of applications
●
● Ready to be downloaded and
installed in oneclick
No compatability issue
●
Office Tools
A complete office productivity suite
OpenOffice.org contains a user interface
and feature set that is similar to other
office suites
Includes all the key desktop applications
● Word Processor
● Spreadsheet
● Presentation
Easily open and share files that uses
Microsoft Office, Word Perfect, Koffice or
StarOffice
Productivity tools
Evolution Mail is included with Ubuntu
Fullyfeatured email, calendar, task and contact sharing program
Integrates with ondesktop clock to make sure you don't miss any meetings
Productivity Tools
Support for multiple instant messaging protocols
ie, MSN, Yahoo!, ICQ, IRC, Facebook, GoogleTalk
Extendable through plugins
Tabbed conversation
Supports some file transfers, with ability to pause,
resume and cancel transfers
Web Browsing
Comes by default with the latest browser from Mozilla, Firefox 3 Beta 5
One of the most popular browsers being used on millions of desktops
Specifically themed for Ubuntu and uses familiar looking icons
Safer than ever
Music and video
Music and video
Photos and Design
FSpot Manager a terrific photo
and image utility
Plug and Play your camera
Organise your photos in a fun
way
Export to your favourite online
photo gallery
Edit your photos
Photos and Design
Free software alternative for Adobe Photoshop
Create graphics and logos, resizing and cropping photos, altering colors,
combining multiple images, removing unwanted images features and converting
between different image formats
Comes with 48 standard brushes, plus facilities to create new ones
Includes filters, as well as transformation, selection, layer and masking tools
Photos and Design
Available for download via Ubuntu software
collection
Open Source vector graphics editor application
Compliant with XML, SVG and CSS standards
Object creation using basic types of Paths,
Rectangles and more
Object manipulation subject to transformations
Comparable to Adobe Illustrator
Games
There are thousands of games which are free
and will run natively on Ubuntu
Most are available through Ubuntu's software
sources
Even Windows games can run using an
emulator available for classic games consoles
Enjoy card games or shoot 'em ups, there's
something for everyone
Getting Ubuntu
Website: http://www.ubuntu.com
Web Order: http://shop.canonical.com
You can even request for a free CD
Available on Cds, DVDs, Torrents, Web Downloads, FTP Downloads and
more
About Team Ubuntu Singapore
Founded by a group of Linux enthusiasts
A Community of Ubuntu users in Singapore
Spread and promote the usage of Ubuntu Linux in Singapore
Provide support and discussion for Ubuntu users in Singapore
To be recognised as an Official Local Community Team in Singapore
Contact Us
Website: http://ubuntu.sg
Mailing List: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntusg
Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SingaporeTeam
Forum: http://ubuntu.sg/forum
IRC Server: irc.freenode.net Channel: #ubuntusg
Credits
Presentation Author: Muhammad Heidir – dave33bravo AT yahoo.com.sg
Sources: Wikipedia, respective software website, UbuntuIndonesia – Amri
Shodiq, Steve Stalcup – Beginning With Ubuntu, Official Ubuntu Website
http://www.ubuntu.com, Wikipedia http://wikipedia.org
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