From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 5 19:11:01 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 645A516A4E2 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 19:11:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@msu.edu) Received: from sys30.mail.msu.edu (sys30.mail.msu.edu [35.9.75.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4265343D6A for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 19:10:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@msu.edu) Received: from jerrymc by sys30.mail.msu.edu with local (Exim 4.52 #1) id 1GKgK2-0002Cp-Ak; Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:10:58 -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 15:10:47 -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 19:11:01 -0000 Nikolas Britton writes: > On 9/5/06, Jerold McAllister wrote: >> 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. >> > > You completely missed the point, you of all people should know exactly > what I'm talking about: I kind of wonder who missed whose point. Anyway, it doesn't matter. The poster asked for a Word Processor to use on FreeBSD 6.1 and not for an opinionated lecture on which OS to use for kids. > > http://acns.msu.edu/organization/academic/information_systems/ > > So close to the kids and yet completely out of touch with their needs. You might be surprised. ////jerry > -- > BSD Podcasts @: > http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ > http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > 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" >