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Hey Everyone,

 

Well if you have seen some of my more recent posts you would know i have been cursed by the computer gods. Most recently by Microsoft. Since i am no longer able to install windows i have decided to go back to Linux. Installed ubuntu 14.04 last night. First experience with Linux since RedHat, lol, I was just curious if some of you more veteran users could give me some suggestions on software to look for to help make this transition easier.

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LibreOffice (replacement for MS Office)

Chromium (replacement for Chrome, tends to work slightly better in my experience)

GIMP (replacement for Paint)

 

Those are 3 things I can think of that you may like.

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LibreOffice (replacement for MS Office)

Chromium (replacement for Chrome, tends to work slightly better in my experience)

GIMP (replacement for Paint)

 

Those are 3 things I can think of that you may like.

LibreOffice comes with an installation of Ubuntu.

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LibreOffice (replacement for MS Office)

Chromium (replacement for Chrome, tends to work slightly better in my experience)

GIMP (replacement for Paint)

 

Those are 3 things I can think of that you may like.

 

Perfect thanks you g uys actually it looks like i already have all 3 of those installed. Do you have any suggestions s far as software to run Games that are not for linux yet. or a Media Server?

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LibreOffice (replacement for MS Office)

Chromium (replacement for Chrome, tends to work slightly better in my experience)

GIMP (replacement for Paint)

 

Those are 3 things I can think of that you may like.

Gimp is honestly more of a Photoshop replacement. 

                                                                                                                                                      

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LibreOffice comes with an installation of Ubuntu.

I'm used to installing Xubuntu and Elementary OS (they don't come with one). :P

 

Perfect thanks you g uys actually it looks like i already have all 3 of those installed. Do you have any suggestions s far as software to run Games that are not for linux yet. or a Media Server?

Steam is available for Ubuntu, but there are a lot less games for Linux.

 

Gimp is honestly more of a Photoshop replacement. 

But for Ubuntu... As I recall it doesn't come with a paint program out of the box.

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Mac Mini (Late 2020)

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Try http://www.playonlinux.com/en/ to play game that is not Linux native. 

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