Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 12:08:43 -0700 From: Freddie Cash <fcash@bigfoot.com> To: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wordprocessing & GUI choice Message-ID: <01080312084306.34840@darkside.lab.sd73.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: <BC96B8DDDF205B4CB72F736D7ECFB2087C0B56@hq-sec-ex3> References: <BC96B8DDDF205B4CB72F736D7ECFB2087C0B56@hq-sec-ex3>
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On August 3, 2001 11:38 am, you wrote: > I apologize for resending, but I forgot to change the subject and to > turn off html. (My employer picked Outlook--not me!) Sure sure, that's what they all say. :) > Like many gnewbies (I add the g cuz I am new to Open Source unices, > but not computers in general), much of what I did in the Windoze > world was using word, excel, powerpoint, etc. I am familiarizing You poor poor soul. Having to suffer with MS Office like that. :) > myself with the KDE office suite, and wondered if others who do > desktop publishing type stuff would be willing to share their > experiences and advice. I always have a lot of problems with > printers (and sound cards). Do many people use CUPS? Do they find > that they can get their desktop wordprocessing done well? I really > like KDE and chose it over Gnome in large part because of Konqueror > and Koffice. I am really not trying to start a flamewar, but curious > about what experiences/thoughts other new users have. I don't do much DTP, but I do a lot of lesson writing, note taking, and time-card/expense tracking using KOffice. KDE 2.1.1 is very nice, much improved over KDE1. However, I have become very fond of WordPerfect 8 in Windows and have recently installed the Linux version of WordPerfect 8 on my FreeBSD box. As nice as KOffice is, nothing beats familiarity with a product, and WordPerfect is my current preference. Haven't done anything with printing yet, although we have setup all our Linux desktops to print via NetWare print servers. Used straight lpd for that one. I chose KDE over GNOME mainly for the sense of completeness and togetherness. There were just too many places to configure things in GNOME that overlapped eachother. Plus, I really did not like the Nautilus file manager. I also find that KDE is quicker and lighter on my litle P-II 333. :) Now, if I could just figure out why KMail crashes whenever I download more than 100 messages, taking KDE with it. :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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