Topics -- Practical Ubuntu

We will be covering following practical usage of Ubuntu one by one.  ( Most of the time with GUI  only -  Easy to understand and follow ) 

1.  Internet surfing / Chat / Video Calling with Ubuntu.

2.  Using Ubuntu as Media-Center,  playing multimedia contents,  music, movies.

3.  Gaming with Ubuntu.

4.  Office Application such as  Word Processing,  Spreadsheet work,  Presentation, Database work.

5.  Creativity with Ubuntu.

     a.  Video Recording / Editing / Publishing.
     b.   Audio Recording / Editing / Publishing
     c.   Drawing
     d.   Painting.
     e.   Publishing Documents.
     f.    Animation.
     g.   Streaming / Sharing contents.

6.   Dealing with mobile equipments.
      
     a.  Connecting to smart phone ( Android / iPad ) to Ubuntu.
     b.  Transferring contents  to and from mobile devices such as phone, usb drives., Camera, Blue Tooth Devices,  HDMI TV
    

 7.   Equipments Connectivity. 

Connecting  Printers, Fax , Scanners,  USB Sticks, Wi-Fi Dongles, Internet Devices, Wireless devices like keyboard, mouse etc. 
      

6.  Networking with Ubuntu.

     a.  Connecting Ubuntu to Windows - various editions.
     b.  Connecting Ubuntu to mac.
     c.  Connecting Ubuntu to other Linux Distributions like Red Hat,  Debian, Cent OS.
     d.  Remote Logins.

7.  Updating and Upgrading Ubuntu

Getting Ubuntu.

Where to get Ubuntu ?

The answer is very simple.

Visit : http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

Select 32 bit or 64 bit as per the architecture of your system.

Practical Ubuntu -- Why Ubuntu ?

Ubuntu is most popular & well known Linux Distribution known for variety of usage.

This blog discusses the practical usage of Ubuntu in practical scenario..  In other words,  we need to look at how the regular computing can be implemented with the help of Ubuntu.


Reasons for implementing regular computing in Ubuntu.  

1. Ubuntu is free Operating System for home as well as office use.  

2.  Comprehensive  Software Updates to keep your system up-to-date, always.

3.  Integrated app store with thousands of software waiting for one click installation.

4.  Virus free.  No anti-virus required.  No additional spending.  No overhead because of anti-virus software.

5.  Fully customisable as per need.

6.  Fully secured. 

7.  Runs smoothly on variety of hardware and low spec hardware.

8.  Easy to adopt.  User friendly.  

9.  Can co-exist with Windows and other Operating system as well.

10.  Can run most of Windows based program as well with the help of wine ( which is also free ).