1. IN A WORLD WITHOUT WALLS & FENCES Who needs Windows and Gates ? Presented by Steve Shinn ACMA

2. This is NOT a Windows, a Microsoft or a Bill Gates, bashing session !

3. This is a look at an alternative OS to Windows & Mac OS X

5. The kernel (the engine) was originally written in 1991 by LinusTorvald

6. Predominantly known for its use in servers (2009 market share estimated at 20 % to 40 %)

7. Gaining increasing popularity as a result of the emergence of net books and smart phones running embedded Linux (eg. Google Android)

9. 1 Gbyte of system memory (RAM)

10. 15 Gbyte of hard disk space

11. Graphics card (or onboard graphics)

13. Free (in the main)

14. Secure – No need for Anti Virus software

15. Built in customisable firewall (IP Tables)

16. Less resource hungry

17. Full access to open source software libraries

18. Fully customisable

19. Reads most drives natively (incl NTFS)

20. Can be used fully without a GUI (using CLI)

21. Stable VERRY ! No BSOD !

23. Update nearly everything on the computer without a rebootUpdate every single piece of software with a single action Take your settings with you where ever you go

25. Limited support for proprietary applications

26. Driver availability can be an issue (ATI graphics cards)

28. Fedora

29. Mint

30. openSUSE

31. PCLinuxOS

32. Debian

33. Mandriva

34. Puppy

36. Ubuntu is created by open-source developers because we believe that everybody should have access to the best possible technologies.

38. Netbook

39. Server 32 bit and 64 bit

41. Xubuntu - Ubuntu with the XFCE desktop environment

42. Ubuntu Studio- Designed for multimedia editing and creation

43. Mythbuntu- Designed for creating a home theatre PC with MythTV

44. Kubuntu - Ubuntu with the K Desktop environment

46. Word

47. Power point

48. Outlook, Thunderbird

49. Quicken, Microsoft money

50. ActiveSync

51. Norton partition magic

52. Norton ghost

53. Open office, Koffice

54. OOWriter, AbiWord

55. OOImpress, Kwriter

56. Evolution, Thunderbird

57. GnuCash, KMyMoney

58. SynCE

59. Gparted, Qtparted

61. Adobe PDF editor

62. Microsoft netmeeting

63. Folder/printer sharing

64. Adobe photoshop

65. Corel draw

66. Windows movie maker

67. Windows media player

68. OOWeb

69. pdfedit, pdfkt

70. Gnomemeeting

71. Samba

72. Gimp

73. Inkscape

74. Mplayer, Xine, Totem

75. Mplayer, Xine, Totem, Kaffeine & VLC