Thread: Ubuntu 9.10

Software Center
immediate access to thousands of free and open-source applications.
Categories consist of Education, Games, Sound and Video, Graphics, Programming and Office.
Simply choose the applications you would like to use and the Ubuntu Software Center will add them to your computer.
No CDs, no licenses, no hassle.


Email and chat
Chat with friends and colleagues through Empathy which join together Yahoo, Gmail, MSN, Jabber, AOL, QQ and many more.
Evolution gives you email, an address book and a calendar and works well with colleagues and friends using MS Outlook.

Browse the Internet
Ubuntu includes Mozilla Firefox 3.5 for faster and safer browsing.
For a selection of other open-source web browsers visit the Ubuntu Software Center and take your choose.


Photos
Upload from your camera or phone to F-Spot.
Manage, tag, share and sort your photos.
Upload to your favorite social network or photo-sharing sites like Flickr, Facebook, Picasa and many others.

Music and videos
Plug in your PSP, iPod, and MP3 player and use Rhythmbox to download, store, buy and play music.
Share playlists with your friends and colleagues.
Access Last.fm directly through Rhythmbox to stream your favorite music.
Stream and play video from YouTube and others.


Office applications
Make professional documents, spreadsheets and presentations with OpenOffice.org 3.1.
OpenOffice.org is well-suited with all office applications as well as Microsoft Office.
The big difference is that OpenOffice.org is free


Play games
Over 400 completely free and completely cool games. Solitaire is not the only game in town.
Visit the Ubuntu Software Center to easily browse, choose and install games.

Store, sync and share
Integrated "Ubuntu One" technology gives you 2 GB of online storage for free.
Easily share files between your own and your friends' computers.
Upgrade at low cost for more storage if you need it.

Accessibility
At the core of the Ubuntu viewpoint is the idea that computing is for each one, whatever your conditions. Ubuntu is one of the most accessible OS around and is fully translated into 23 languages with many more to follow.