[H-GEN] Software selection advice?

[David Seikel]

>     1.  What version of linux would you suggest best for the
> 	activities above.

Ask a dozen of us and you will get a dozen answers.  Both Debian and
SuSE come with a lot of software, greatly increasing your choices if
what we recommend is not entirely suitable.  Personally, I consider
SuSE to be more user friendly for someone coming from Windows.

>     2.  Will I be able to use existing programs with the
> 	recommended version?

There are many ways of running Windows programs under Linux, with
varying degrees of success.  I don't do this myself, so I will leave
this to the more knowledgeable.

>     3.  If my existing software is not compatible with Linux,
> 	is there alternative software , particularly adobe
> 	and video capture and editing.

The GIMP (get a recent version 2) is the tool to use for photo
manipulation.  I don't know about yahoo instant messaging, but there
are several candidates to choose from.  Video capture does depend on
the device you are capturing from.  I have generally had good results
with Kino when capturing from digital video cameras.  All my video
editing is done with cinelerra, although I do a little bit with the
GIMP, which has some tools that are useful for video work.  K3b is a
good DVD burning tool. I have no experience with DVD authoring, but
there are a couple of tools available that claim to do the job.

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