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=20 time-card/expense tracking using KOffice. KDE 2.1.1 is very nice, much=20 improved over KDE1. However, I have become very fond of WordPerfect 8=20 in Windows and have recently installed the Linux version of WordPerfect=20 8 on my FreeBSD box. As nice as KOffice is, nothing beats familiarity=20 with a product, and WordPerfect is my current preference. Haven't done anything with printing yet, although we have setup all our=20 Linux desktops to print via NetWare print servers. Used straight lpd=20 for that one. I chose KDE over GNOME mainly for the sense of completeness and=20 togetherness. There were just too many places to configure things in=20 GNOME that overlapped eachother. Plus, I really did not like the=20 Nautilus file manager. I also find that KDE is quicker and lighter on=20 my litle P-II 333. :) Now, if I could just figure out why KMail=20 crashes whenever I download more than 100 messages, taking KDE with it.=20 :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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