From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 15 00:53:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA07993 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 00:53:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA07982 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 00:53:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id TAA01439; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 19:23:31 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19971215192331.36642@lemis.com> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 19:23:31 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Alex Cc: Charlie Roots , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DELETING WINDOWS 95, Please Help References: <19971215045744.16336.rocketmail@send1b.yahoomail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: ; from Alex on Mon, Dec 15, 1997 at 12:02:42AM -0800 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, Dec 15, 1997 at 12:02:42AM -0800, Alex wrote: > > > On Sun, 14 Dec 1997, Charlie Roots wrote: > >> I need BADLY a descent and FREE word procesor to help me write my >> essays, and don't tell me xword becuase it is highly unstable and >> always crashing, and Formating is ugly. >> I also need help on Printing Graphics on FreeBSD, I don't mean I will >> be printing Images or pictures, no Just formatted Documents, on a DOT >> MATRIX printer. > > Caldera (www.caldera.com) puts out StarOffice, which is a comercial Linux > product, but has a free trial (and/or educational liscence). So far I > like it and its interface, but it is horridly slow but reads and writes > Word6, rtf, and a few other formats. It reminds me of a > 486/20 running Win95 (I'm using a p180). It takes like three > minutes (even with the latest Linux emulation hacks) to start > up. StarOffice is very hungry for memory. Judging by the times you mention, I'd guess you have 16 MB of memory. Increase that to 32 or 48 MB, and it will be dramatically faster: it won't crawl any more, it'll just be slow. I hate StarOffice. It's just like Microsoft Word, the screen is full of little unrecognizable pictures, and the editor is really weak. But if that's what you're used to, and you can't make the step to a separate editor and formatter, then it might be for you. >> Please FreeBSD guys, Help me to get rid of Windows 95. My pleasure :-) Greg