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02-01-2005, 07:34 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: Ohio
Distribution: Mandriva LE 2005
Posts: 14
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Newbie, looking for help
I am a newbie in the world of Linux. I just installed Mandrake 10, and am wanting to know, am I able to successfully use .doc's, MP3s, PDF's and JPG's I now use in XP? I would like to make a transition, eventually, from MS to Mandrake. At the same time I would like to keep files I have saved. Is this possible?
Thank you very much,
la-pane
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02-01-2005, 07:39 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2004
Location: In the DC 'burbs
Distribution: Arch, Scientific Linux, Debian, Ubuntu
Posts: 4,290
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There are Linux programs for reading all of those files. For .docs there's AbiWord or OpenOffice,any number of MP3 players, xpdf et al. for PDFs, and any number of viewes )including Mozilla and Firefox) for JPEGs.
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02-01-2005, 07:51 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: Ohio
Distribution: Mandriva LE 2005
Posts: 14
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thank you very much fot the quick response BT. That will help me get started.
thank you
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02-01-2005, 07:52 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2004
Location: Australia
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 3,545
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Course ya can 
OpenOffice == MS Office
XMMS == Winamp || Rhythmbox == better music catalogue
gPDF || Xpdf == Acrobat Reader
eog or firefox == image viewer |
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02-01-2005, 07:58 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: N. E. England
Distribution: Fedora, CentOS, Debian
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There are so many apps available that will fulfill your needs. you may have to try a few before settling on the ones that you personally like.
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