Team Ubuntu Singapore Session 1 Presentation

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18th October 2008

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 community-developed, Linux-based 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 user-interface

Live-CD

Is and always will be free!

The Desktop

http://gnomestyle.blogspot.com/2007/05/make-ubuntu-look-like-vista.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 one-click

● 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 orStarOffice

Productivity tools

Evolution Mail is included with Ubuntu

Fully-featured email, calendar, task and contact sharing program

Integrates with on-desktop 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 BrowsingComes 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

Photos and DesignF-Spot Manager a terrific photo

and image utility

Plug and Play your camera

Organise your photos in a fun

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

There are thousands of games which are freeand 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

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/ubuntu-sg

Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SingaporeTeam

Forum: http://ubuntu.sg/forum

IRC Server: irc.freenode.net Channel: #ubuntu-sg

Credits

Presentation Author: Muhammad Heidir – dave33bravo AT yahoo.com.sg

Sources: Wikipedia, respective software website, Ubuntu-Indonesia – Amri

Shodiq, Steve Stalcup – Beginning With Ubuntu, Official Ubuntu Website -

http://www.ubuntu.com, Wikipedia - http://wikipedia.org

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