Okay you are getting closer to taking that big step and the one thing that is worrying you is will you still be able to see the grandkids pictures or the home movies you and the missus made last year. Well the answer to that is yes you can and even more if you so desire.

Lets start with the basic digital camera that everyone has these days. Linux comes to the rescue with a handi little programmed called DigiKam. It lets you download the pictures from the camera onto your hard drive so that you can edit or delete them when you get home and want to check out all those pictures you took at the family reunion last weekend. So you have a load of pictures you want view once again there is a program for that and not just one but many of them and I will just mention my favorite not because it is everyones favorite but I like it because it is fast and easy to operate and use. With that said I suggest Gwenview really nice program to not only view them but also repair,adjust,rename it even makes HTML gallery for you if you desire that.Overall a total program so I thnk that I have covered the basics of pictures and if you really need to edit things there is always Gimp a heavy duty editor in the line of Photoshop or Paintshop Pro a little on the overkill for photo editing but I told you about that just in case.

Now you ask what about movies? Well spanky with Kino you can edit your films with just a little learning curve and you will have hollywood beating at your door. Okay maybe not but you will be able to produce fine looking cd’s and DVD’s in no time.

And the last item I want to mention is Audacity one of the best audio editors on the market and once again it is open source program that will not set you back the big bucks that a windows version would run. And yes it can be used to produce PodCasts if that is what you always wanted to get into but had no software to do it.

Well that is all for now and I will be back with more linux replacement software but this should answer some of your questions and maybe start you on the right path the one leading to Linux. And if you have any questions feel free to drop me a note and I will get right on it. Or if you have a topic that you want covered please feel free to ask I am easy on that type of thing.

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jcatcw writes “While Firefox is very customizable, many of its settings aren’t in the Options. Each setting is named and stored as a string, integer, or Boolean in a file called prefs.js and accessed via about:config from the nav bar. Computerworld provides instructions on 20 tweaks for speeding up page loads, making tabs behave, reducing memory drain, and generally making the interface act the way you want it to. Customization also comes through the must-have FF extensions (but be sure to skip these).”

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Create a small program that runs on your desktop. Here is that tutorial that you wanted to see so that you could get started into programming really simple and easy to follow.

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