On Fri December 23 2005 12:35 am, Nathan Low wrote: > To Whom It May Concern: > > I'm thinking about switching to Fedorea Core 4. If I buy Windows > Crossover Office Standard 5.0, should Norton Goback 5.0 and Norton > Utilities 2002 be compatible with Fedora Core 4? This is really a question for the Crossover Office list - if you don't get an answer on the Fedora list, you might try there > If I saved photos under > Windows XP, can I copy and paste it from my cd to this operating system? yes > If I can't copy and paste photos from my cd that I saved under Windows XP > and transfer it to this operating system, does this Fedora Core 4 come with > a program that I can scan and save photos as well as edit? yes - viewers, photo-editors, scanning -- many ways of doing these things with Fedora > Does Fedora > Core 4 come with utility programs like a disk defragmentor not needed > , a spyware scanner, not really needed > an anti virus program there are some available, but not really needed > & firewall program, yes - Fedora comes with a package called iptables in which you can write a set of firewall rules and turn them into a script - if that's more than you want to tackle, there are a number of packages that give you a graphical user interface and templates that will let you easily set up a firewall > a program that's similar > to System Mechanic if Fedora Core 4 if I can't install System Mechanic, there are lots of tools for checking various parts of your system built in > and > a media player that plays audio and video clips as well as playing dvds? > Fedora has lots of media players; these won't handle proprietary formats like Windows Media, but there are packages available that are easily installed that will - > Can this operating system configure my video card, my sbc dsl internet > service, my speakers, my monitor, my hp 2100c scanner, and my hp 3322 color > inkjet printer? > probably - you need to research the printer and scanner, but HP stuff is generally handled well by Linux - > Please respond. Thanks. > Just go ahead and try it - it's free. If you're not afraid of tinkering, and reading and researching, you can do almost anything in Linux that you do in Windows, and many things you can do better. -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA
