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1. cyrano_5 wrote:

   you can assuming you have booted the computer with the text to Linux by using dual boot, a USB drive, or CDROM [are you using that fabulous Ubuntu self booting CDROM iso image?], you can “mount” the windows drive to your Linux system and directly read the text and edit it, save it etc. using the linux text editors built into Ubuntu….
   Remember, in Linux (like Unix) the file system shows every device, even hard disks, as files, so that the system hardisks, CDROMS, etc, get mounted to the common file structure and look like directories if you go searching for them….something like devsda1(first partition on disk “a”), but that is all hidden from view and concern unless you are really delving into the structure of Linux. Most distributions have ways of showing the disk(s) on the desktop like the windows explorer does
   I’m just learning Linux too..so here goes…booting Ubuntu 8.04 now from CDROM…..
   so….assuming you are using the default GNOME desktop (there are others to choose from) here we go…
   On the top menu bar, click on “Places” then “Home Folder” and Ubuntu File Browser opens (the equivalent of the windows explorer ). Your disk drives shown on the left panel.
   Just like in the windows explorer, you can click thru the disk, find the text file, click on it, and the default text editor will open. There you go… If your file is on a floppy, CDROM, or external thumb drive those devices are shown also.
   You could also just click on the drives shown on the “Places” menu
   THis is SOOO much like windows, why would anyone shell out big bucks for Vista or XP when this is FREE. and FAST too, no windows bloat here…have fun.

   Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 3:35 pm | Permalink
2. Tommy wrote:

   Email it to yourself (yahoo mail or whatever) and pick it up on the Linux box.

   Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 9:04 pm | Permalink
3. mdigital wrote:

   Use SCP? FTP? Flash drive?

   Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 10:56 pm | Permalink

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