From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 5 03:40:53 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D484216A4DA for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 03:40:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52E9943D46 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 03:40:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from coolf89ea26645 (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id k853emx48120; Mon, 4 Sep 2006 20:40:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Message-ID: <004401c6d09d$05f17170$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Nikolas Britton" , "Perry Hutchison" References: <10609040708.AA17675@pluto.rain.com><10609042341.AA20281@pluto.rain.com> Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 20:40:24 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Word processor for 6.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 03:40:53 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nikolas Britton" To: "Perry Hutchison" Cc: Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 7:58 PM Subject: Re: Word processor for 6.1 > On 9/4/06, Perry Hutchison wrote: > > > > Anyone know where I can find a working word processor for 6.1? > > > > AbiWord and OpenOffice both require Gnome, which won't build. > > ... > > > KOffice 1.5 has OpenDocument support. > > > > Not that I'm any more eager to get into > > a KDE mess than a Gnome mess :) > > > > File format support is not important. > > I just need something for my 9th-grader > > to use for school papers. > > > > FreeBSD and Linux will not meet your teenagers needs, If you really > want to introduce your kid to UNIX then buy a Mac... trust me on > this... I interact with many high school and college kids on a daily > basis. Any used Mac capable of running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and > NeoOffice2 will suit your childs needs perfectly: > > PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor. > Built-in FireWire. > 384 MB of memory. > 5 GB of disk space. Just keep in mind when you look for used Mac's that the Tiger OS normally on DVD. There was a trade-in program where you could get CD's of it if you sent in your DVDs - I did - but some of the older Macs out there that have firewire ports only have CD drives. Also, any older Mac you find will need ram - Tiger gobbles it. If you can find an older copy of Panther OS it gives you lot more lattitude in what older Macs will work - it also does not require FireWire, so even the original iMacs will run it. You can compile most text-mode open source applications on Panther and Tiger, but if you want to compile X programs your better off with Tiger. Frankly, if we had the money at my employer I would probably use rack-mounted Mac servers and Tiger as a platform to run many of the server applications. But a new Mac server is stratospherically expensive compared to a basic HP DL320 running FreeBSD. Ted