On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 22:17 +0100, Császár Péter wrote: > On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 21:42:07 +0100, Nathan Low <nlow04@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > To Whom It May Concern: > > What features and programs are included in Fedora Core 4? I'm thinking > > about switching from Windows XP. > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! Shopping > > Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping > > > There is probably more than you might think. The answer should depent on > what is your need. > > Anyway, it incudes Open Office, GNU C and C++, Tetex Latex 3.0, some > Browser, mail client, some simple game, Gnome and KDE as graphic surface, > Eclipse as IDE for Java and partly for C++, and many more.... > > -- > Császár Péter > Firefox for the browser, your choice of mail clients(evolution and Thunderbird come to mind). Also there is a lot of good software in the 'extras' repository...but that may be best left for later. You may want to first install Fedora Core 4 in a dual-boot situation to see what issues you may have with hardware compatibility or better yet grab a bootable CD distro, like Ubuntu or Gnoppix to get a better feel for Linux without messing around with installing a distro on your system. Sean