From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 28 02:53:49 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C8B316A404 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:53:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jthompson203@tampabay.rr.com) Received: from ms-smtp-05.tampabay.rr.com (ms-smtp-05.tampabay.rr.com [65.32.5.135]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2295113C4AD for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:53:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jthompson203@tampabay.rr.com) Received: from [68.200.17.188] (188-17.200-68.tampabay.res.rr.com [68.200.17.188]) by ms-smtp-05.tampabay.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l3S2JETi001574; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:19:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4632AF6B.3020500@tampabay.rr.com> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:20:27 -0400 From: james thompson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, JamesThompson65@yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Cc: Subject: Is FreeBSD simple enough for Novices, Will FreeBSD accept Office 98 + Publisher? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:53:49 -0000 How difficult is FreeBSD to use in place of MS windows, say compared to Apple OSX? I believe it may be able to run Offide 98; can Office 98 with Publisher be ran on FreeBSD? I want to use FreeBSD to compose articles, and combine them into a Book for publication, as a Home Office Operation by a person with little experience beyond windows. In 1995, I took a MicroComputer Operating Systems course in Windows 3.11 and DOS 6.22. I have used Windows 95, 98, and XP Home & upgraded to Media Edition.