[PLUG] Conversion Assistance, Por Favor

[Wil Cooley]

On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 08:35 -0700, David Fetter wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 08:27, Kelly Guimont wrote:
> > Hey folks-
> > 
> > Windows XP has been, to put it delicately, having its way with my 
> > sweetie for some time now. It's been causing him endless grief and 
> > heartache, and I've been a bit subtle about things like "You know, 
> > there is not a single distribution of Linux that requires this 
> > 'activation' bs" and so on.
> > 
> > To convert him I need (Linux equivalents of) three things:
> > 
> > 1. Quicken
> 
> Gnucash is the closest thing that I know of.
> 
> > 2. Outlook
> 
> Ximian Evolution is basically a replica of outlook.
> 
> > 3. digital camera software (to import the pix from his Powershot)
> 
> I'm not really sure about this piece of software, but I'm sure somebody
> will chime in.

David's comments are right-on.  gphoto (I think a standard GNOME
application) is a GNOME camera tool, for doing exactly what you ask.  My
wife uses it all the time; it supports Canon PowerShots pretty well.

Wil
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Wil Cooley                                 wcooley at nakedape.cc
Naked Ape Consulting                        http://nakedape.cc

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