From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 5 15:10:19 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 2725D16A4E5 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 15:10:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@msu.edu) Received: from sys29.mail.msu.edu (sys29.mail.msu.edu [35.9.75.129]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C016543E00 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 15:06:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@msu.edu) Received: from jerrymc by sys29.mail.msu.edu with local (Exim 4.52 #1) id 1GKcVR-0003FL-KP; Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:06:29 -0400 References: <10609040708.AA17675@pluto.rain.com> <10609042341.AA20281@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: From: "Jerold McAllister" To: "Nikolas Britton" Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:06:15 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: X-Virus: None found by Clam AV Cc: Perry Hutchison , 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 15:10:19 -0000 Nikolas Britton writes: > 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: Please be more careful about advice you give that is really opinion. Although the MAC may be a good choice, FreeBSD with Openoffice might well meet the need for that person. By the way, Openoffice does work nicely on FreeBSD 6.1 and Gnome is not needed for it at all. Gnome is irrelevant to Openoccife. To build Openoffice from ports you do have to go to the Sun site and download the jde stuff and sign up for their free license since Sun does not allow FreeBSD to put that in an automatic install setup like ports. But, that is easy and works just fine. ////jerry ////jerry > > PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor. > Built-in FireWire. > 384 MB of memory. > 5 GB of disk space. > > http://www.lowendmac.com/ > http://computers.attr-search.ebay.com/Gigabit_Apple-Desktops_PowerPC-G4_W0 > QQa10244ZQ2d24QQa12ZQ2d24QQa25710ZQ2d24QQa26092ZQ2d24QQa26443Z42211QQa2644 > 4ZQ2d24QQalistZa26092Q2ca26443Q2ca26444Q2ca25710Q2ca12Q2ca10244QQcatrefZC6 > QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfposZQ5AIPQ2fPostalQQ > fromZR10QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQftsZ2QQgcsZ1506QQpfZShowQ20Items > QQpf_queryZGigabitQQpfidZ1812QQpfmodeZ1QQsacatZ25440QQsadisZ200QQsargnZQ2d > 1QQsaslcZ2QQsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZpf > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >