Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

Decided
to return to this version as Hardy Heron network is not reliable. I
will record experiences and hopefully blog this as no doubt many are
travelling the same route. I want to get a useful Linux system without
having to get into the bowels of the system via terminal bash activity
if possible. It needs to

1. Access Internet
2. Connect to my XP and Vista home systems
3. Support Office (does not have to be MS but needs to exchange data with MS Office, Open Office is fine)
4. Digital photography Support RAW, manage 15,000+ photos and Edit to same capability as Adobe PhotoShop Elements 6
5. Web Authoring
6. Play MP3 music incl. RIP from CD
7. Edit Digicam movies and make MPG DVD
8. Draw, mainly for maths (Euclid etc)
9. Program Development (C++, Python and maybe others)
10. Support my Windows PocketPC (this is the one item I expect problems with)

I will record progress chronologically but maintain a list of software added to base Ubuntu installation Note
I am not averse to using none open software as long as there is no
charge (or minimal charge), especially online application. I make
extensive use of Google applications, in fact using there docs package
to write this and there blog package. This means that I can work
independent of OS platform or location and (hopefully) have automated
backup.

Added applications and status

Date	Package	Note	XP	Status	Rating
pre May 2008	Google Picasa	Photo manager and editor	Y	Prod	****
pre May 2008	Google Documents	Office Web Appl.	Y	Prod	****
pre May 2008	Google Page Creator	HTML Developer Web Appl	Y	Prod	****
4th May 2008	UFRAW	Photo RAW editor	Y	Test	**
4th May 2008	RAWTherapee	Photo RAW editor	Y	Prod	****
4th May 2008	Screem	HTML developer		Test	**
4th May 2008	KompoZer	HTML developer	Y	Prod	****
4th May 2008	BlueFish	HTML developer		Test

Notes

1. XP column denotes whether Package is available for Windows XP
2. Status - Production means I actively use it, Test means I am evaluating
3. Rating is my current position on its usefulness, low star ratings tend to be removed. This may change according to experience.

Progress

4th May 2008

Tidy

08:25 Quick check and tidy of the system. I have been keeping updates current. RAWTherapee and Picasa has been installed Checking to see if Adobe Flash
player is working. Went to Adobe Flash web page and clicked onto
"FlashOn" and this started a new Tab and what appeared to be Adobe's
equivalent to Utube. Worked fine so I guess Flash is OK?? Also I went to http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_15507 and it reported I had

Linux

Mozilla, Netscape

9.0.124.0

which is the current version.

Screem Web Developer

09:00 Installed via ADD/REMOVE.

BlueFish & KompoZer

10:45 Thought it wise to look at these web developers as well. 21:30 I
have been looking at KompoZer in an attempt to edit one of my standard
eBay pages. I need to find a new place on the web to store eBay images.
Tried Picasa web pages but difficult to just display single simple
image. I loaded photos into Google Page
Creator and by clicking on the uploaded image found the web address and
used this in KompoZer. I found writing web pages quite straight
forward, but note I have used HTML extensively and written many web
pages in the past.

Note: Apart from this comment I posted this entry by using Scribefire from within Google Docs Writer Journal on Firefox on Vista Notebook (did not use Ubuntu desktop as I am in the garden as the sun is shining, hence the notebook).