[ubuntu-za] What to install on an oldish HP Pavillion dv6500 Notebook

[Anton May]

Remember to install the latest Libreoffice 5.1. You will need to download
as I don't think it's in the repo's yet.

Anton

On 8 March 2016 at 11:19, Wayne Abroue <plettpc at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree with Karl, I've yet to not be able to do anything normally done on
> a windows enviroment in a home office sense.
> Striata bank statement reader was a problem, but they have evolved with a
> linux version.
> You could always dual boot, in case you get something awkward,,, It is
> unusual but does occur on occasion.
>
> Good Luck
>
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 11:12 AM, Karl Fischer <kmf at fischer.org.za> wrote:
>
>> Hi Shawn
>>
>> LibreOffice should handle all the documents, just remember to change the
>> default save option to Microsoft compatible
>>
>> Shotwell is the Photo management application and Thunderbird the email
>> application
>>
>> Karl
>>
>> -------------------
>> Karl Fischer
>> twitter @kmf
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 11:05 AM, SHAWN REITSTEIN <shawnreit at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks - I do a lot of admin for my mother. She receives things and
>>> sends - statements and photos and emails and everyone she deals with is on
>>> Microsoft-Windows.
>>>
>>> When I first used Ubuntu (Jaunty) it wasn't all easy. So when I replace
>>> this Vista with something - I'm hoping for easier general use without
>>> having to constantly try to convert documents to compatibilize?
>>>
>>> Shawn
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:57 AM, Karl Fischer <kmf at fischer.org.za>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello!
>>>>
>>>> I think you should consider Ubuntu-Mate,
>>>> You'll have to however expand a little on the "Windows" formats
>>>> statement.
>>>> what do you use the computer for?
>>>>
>>>> Karl
>>>>
>>>> -------------------
>>>> Karl Fischer
>>>> twitter @kmf
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:48 AM, SHAWN REITSTEIN <shawnreit at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi - I'm considering installing Ubuntu on this HP Pavillion - rather
>>>>> than the Vista which is on it now.
>>>>> Can someone please advise me which Ubuntu version might be best suited
>>>>> - Ideally one that is 100% compatible with handling input and output to
>>>>> Windows formats.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Shawn - the notebooks specs follow:
>>>>>
>>>>> OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate
>>>>> Version 6.0.6000 Build 6000
>>>>> Other OS Description Not Available
>>>>> OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
>>>>> System Name REITSTEIN-PC
>>>>> System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
>>>>> System Model HP Pavilion dv6500 Notebook PC
>>>>> System Type x64-based PC
>>>>> Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T7100  @ 1.80GHz, 1801 Mhz,
>>>>> 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
>>>>> BIOS Version/Date Hewlett-Packard F.57, 2008/05/21
>>>>> SMBIOS Version 2.4
>>>>> Windows Directory C:\Windows
>>>>> System Directory C:\Windows\system32
>>>>> Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
>>>>> Locale South Africa
>>>>> Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6000.16386"
>>>>> User Name Reitstein-PC\Reitstein Pc
>>>>> Time Zone South Africa Standard Time
>>>>> Total Physical Memory 2 037.81 MB
>>>>> Available Physical Memory 420.27 MB
>>>>> Total Virtual Memory 4.21 GB
>>>>> Available Virtual Memory 2.30 GB
>>>>> Page File Space 2.28 GB
>>>>> Page File C:\pagefile.sys
>>>>>
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Anton May
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