From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 28 06:43:04 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 B860516A401 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 06:43:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zhangweiwu@realss.com) Received: from bossdog.realss.com (bossdog.realss.com [211.157.108.128]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C78B13C43E for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 06:43:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zhangweiwu@realss.com) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by bossdog.realss.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E54221C001A; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:43:19 +0800 (CST) Received: from bossdog.realss.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bossdog.realss.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 15714-18; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:43:16 +0800 (CST) Received: from [218.193.55.195] (135.231.77.125.board.xm.fj.dynamic.163data.com.cn [125.77.231.135]) by bossdog.realss.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A55541C0019; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:43:15 +0800 (CST) From: Zhang Weiwu To: james thompson In-Reply-To: <1177741823.28603.24.camel@joe.realss.com> References: <4632AF6B.3020500@tampabay.rr.com> <1177741823.28603.24.camel@joe.realss.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Real Softservice Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:39:02 +0800 Message-Id: <1177742342.28603.30.camel@joe.realss.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at bossdog.realss.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, JamesThompson65@yahoo.com Subject: Re: 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 06:43:04 -0000 On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 14:30 +0800, Zhang Weiwu wrote: > Dear James > run Office 98. > However the OpenOffice office suit which by default installed in SuSE > and Ubuntu is superior than Office 98 in functionality, and can open > your old Office 98 documents just fine I forgot to mention: using OpenOffice is completely free of charge, this software can also be used on MacOS. It's my everyday office life. And using OpenOffice you don't need to buy CrossOffice (65$) which is used to run Microsoft Office (which again is not free) If you have questions using OpenOffice, there are a lot of OpenOffice users there on the forum that are very willing to help. See www.oooforum.org I think both Ubuntu and Mac OS are your good choice! If you are interested in and have time on learning managing powerful system like FreeBSD it's also a good choice.