Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 13:08:10 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Natasha Hendrick <natasha@baldrick.geoph.uq.edu.au> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Word processors under FreeBSD Message-ID: <19970908130810.23848@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970908131004.3966A-100000@baldrick.geoph.uq.edu.au>; from Natasha Hendrick on Mon, Sep 08, 1997 at 01:19:00PM %2B1000 References: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970908131004.3966A-100000@baldrick.geoph.uq.edu.au>
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On Mon, Sep 08, 1997 at 01:19:00PM +1000, Natasha Hendrick wrote: > > I am currently running FreeBSD 2.2.2 and am trying to find an effective > (and cheap) way to be able to access a word processor from my PC without > having to reboot to DOS to use MS word. Someone has suggested to me that > it may be possible to run Applix (?) using a Linux emulator that is > available for FreeBSD. Quite possibly. > Are there any word processors available for FreeBSD? None specifically for FreeBSD. A number of people have been happy with StarOffice, which is really a Linux port. > Does anyone have any other suggestions to allow easy access to a > word processor while running FreeBSD? About the only other alternative would be the Microsoft Windows emulator, wine. I don't know if it could handle any Microsoft-based word processors. Greg
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