On 6 December 2011 08:18, jmehdi <jme...@sabily.org> wrote: > > forwarded on sabily mailing list... > > -------- Message original -------- > Sujet: Sabily: Information > Date : Tue, 6 Dec 2011 16:14:26 +0300 > De : Rehan Ahmad <rehan.qura...@gmail.com> > Pour : jme...@sabily.org > > > This is an enquiry e-mail via http://www.sabily.org/website/ from: > Rehan Ahmad <rehan.qura...@gmail.com> > > Assalam o Allaikum > > I have downloaded the sabily version 11.04 ultimate. I have burnt the DVD and > tried the sabily. It is overall good thing but I need some further > information about this. > > First of all I want to ask that do sabily support microsoft products like MS > office and others. Secondly, please tell me that how much sabily support the > third party softwares like I have to Install maktaba shamila and Easy Quran > Wa Hadees Software. Similarly I use some other applications like Avast > antivirus etc. Do sabily support all these softwares? > > Please give me a complete information so that I can decide to install sabily > or not. > > Jazak Allah Khairan.
Microsoft Office is a proprietary Windows (and Mac) app so no, it's not supported. On the other hand, LibreOffice is a free and open source app that can open and save to Microsoft formats so I recommend you give it a try. If you really need Microsoft Office, there are a few guides that explain how you can install it by using wine. I've not personally tried in a few years. Here's one guide but there are many others: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Microsoft_Office Avast is proprietary software but they do have a Linux version. You should probably contact Avast if you need more assistance with installing it. I believe that most Ubuntu users don't need an antivirus: https://help.ubuntu.com/11.10/ubuntu-help/net-antivirus.html Some Windows apps might work on Ubuntu Linux (or Sabily, a derivative) using Wine but in general, you're better off looking for Linux apps. I'm not familiar with the other apps but I think Sabily's goal is to include as much high quality open source Muslim software as possible without needing to install other stuff afterwards. Jeremy _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~sabily.team Post to : sabily.team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~sabily.team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
