This extract from my personal mail may be useful for other newbies to the wonderful world of Linux:-
" He said: I noticed your question on the ubuntu-list. Whenever I want to know something, what I write into the Google searchbar is this: "creating slideshow with sound in linux" for example. Once you have done that you are qualified to ask the brainstrust for further guidance. That way you show that you have tried to help yourself but still need a leg-up. I replied: I guess it might look like I haven't tried very hard. Truth is I spent much time trying out the few Ubuntu programs I am aware of. I even regressed back to Windows for a while. In the end I thought it was simply a matter of discovering which Linux program would do the job. So I asked, what I thought was a simple question. That said, I have taken your advice. Indeed, there is a wealth of information on the Net. Moreover, I can see that it is a lot more complex than I originally thought. Thanks for the advice. I guess I could have been smarter. " Dave W -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au