Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 16:14:02 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD as Desktop OS with support for Windows Message-ID: <20021128151402.GU77198@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <20021128155342.Q78309-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> References: <20021128143639.GT77198@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <20021128155342.Q78309-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
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# kheuer2@gwdg.de / 2002-11-28 15:58:21 +0100:
> On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> > # nelis@brabys.co.za / 2002-11-28 16:14:38 +0200:
> > > which Office Software would be best suited to use that is
> > > compatible with MS Word and Exel ? I know of Openoffice,
> > > Gnomeoffice and Staroffice but have had no experience using
> > > either.
> >
> > I use TightVNC instead of vmware. Works quite fine, and it's
> > almost free (GPL).
> > As for office software: all my attempts to use various
> > incarnations ended in disasters:
> >
> > Koffice (~1 year ago): no Kapplication lasted longer than
> > ~30 seconds
> > AbiWord (june/july): 70% of attempts to save a short and
> > simple .doc made Abi go in a tight loop or just die. I ended
> > up using wv (/usr/ports/textproc/wv), which *did* work as
> > advertised.
> > OpenOffice (~1 month ago): crash! boom! bang!
> >
> > so, my advice would be: vmware or vnc.
>
> My experience with OpenOffice 1.0.1 is much better than yours, I did a
> lot of tasks successfully.
installed 1.0.1 from the port.
the installer kept complaining about not being able to write files
in ~/.kde/blah/blah/blah. no wonder, I avoid using it, and have
never installed it on this box. i had to click "skip" like 150
times. disgusting!
started openoffice, went File -> Autopilot -> Presentation (or some
such). booom! instant crash. how long does it take to click through to
that place? just a fraction of the time it takes OO to start.
automatic save of native MS Office documents = automatic crash of OO.
pasting a graph from a winword doc file = "general failure" in 70%
cases.
in 1 out of 10 crashes the PowerPoint lookalike comes back up dead.
it does offer to recover the files, but then freezes. after another
kill/start, it doesn't offer the recovery anymore.
summary: thanks, I'm glad I don't *have* to use *any* of this.
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