[Gloucs] Getting rid of Windoze

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I have been showing a friend the Ubantu Live installation of Linux and 
to say he was impressed would be an understatement, however he asked the 
usual questions which i'm unable to answer so i thought i'd email you 
guys and hopefully get rid on another microsoft dependant.

the questions mainly relate to software (as expected) and are :

The easiest one was browsers & email as i've already got him using 
firebird & thunderbird under windows.

I use Office (word, excell, publisher) what can replace these ?

I use dreamweaver for webdesign ?

I use Adobe Photoshop & Macromedia Fireworks anything similar ?

I use 3 programs in windows to convert & encode my own dvd's ? is there 
anything available todo the same ?

Will Linux play all the differant media formats (Quicktime, Realtime, 
WMA, WMV, ASF, DivX, Xvid) ?

What software will burn CD/DVD's ?

Is it all "user-friendly" ie. no command line stuff ?

How do i install upgrades to firefox/thunderbird for example ?

Is there any accounting software available that will do online banking ?

What about a good FTP client / Firewall / Antivirus / Instant Messaging ?


I'm sure the will think of others, there's also the question of which 
Distro to use, I was going to suggest Mandrake or SUSE as i've used them 
in the past.

I look forward to hearing you reply's and hopefully getting my friend to 
ditch his linux.