read extern drive in ubuntu

[Douglas Pollard]

Hi All,  I have a friend that has an old Macentosh hard drive that has a 
book she has written on it.  Can I put the drive in my external hard 
drive case and read in in Ubuntu and put it on DVD. She has been told 
that Windows will not be able to read it.  I told her I thought I could 
do it for her but want to be sure before she mails the drive to me.     
        Thanks, Doug