Idea #4280: A program like microsoft encarta

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Written by dinca.marius.tinel the 11 Mar 08 at 20:02. Category: Education.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

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A program like microsoft encarta will be more than greeatful for ubuntu sow what do you say

Sorry for my bad english

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XSP wrote on the 11 Mar 08 at 20:26

There is one. It's called wikipedia.

Jerrac wrote on the 11 Mar 08 at 21:03

Does Microsoft even make that anymore? I haven't heard about it.

Anyway, while a non-internet based encyclopedia for linux could have it's uses, it is not a project a operating system company should work on. Maybe someone else could start a project seperately.

AndrewC wrote on the 11 Mar 08 at 22:29

There is a program somewhere which serves as a Wikipedia browser, if anything something like that should be included.

edcrypt wrote on the 14 Mar 08 at 17:31

XSP, you beat me to it...

Anyway, install Prism (aptitude install prism) and use wikipedia a desktop-app-like.

(Not sure if it is a good idea, maybe for edubuntu. BTW, OLPC came with wikipedia 1.0, IIRC)

himerx wrote on the 14 Mar 08 at 19:31

solo busca la wikipedia.

si lo necesitas en en tu maquina puedes descargarlo
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bescritt wrote on the 17 Mar 08 at 23:39

To the above poster: please, post in a variety of English, as it is the preferred form of communication for international discussions (at least, until Esperanto takes hold).

bescritt wrote on the 17 Mar 08 at 23:45

The encyclopedia of choice for nearly any casual usage is Wikipedia.
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If you are going to parrot the popular idea "but Wikipedia is inaccurate because anybody can edit it", then maybe you should sit down at Wikipedia with a set of encyclopedias, and correct any blatant inaccuracies. Too lazy? Too hypocritical? Don't own a set of encyclopedias?
Tell me honestly, which provides more useful information? Wikipedia, or a set of encyclopedias that was likely printed much more than half a decade ago?

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