Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 17:27:47 -0400 From: Joshua Lee <yid@softhome.net> To: "MET" <met@uberstats.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a Desktop Message-ID: <20020726172747.00164af8.yid@softhome.net> In-Reply-To: <002c01c23408$5a860330$6801a8c0@SURVIVAL> References: <002c01c23408$5a860330$6801a8c0@SURVIVAL>
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On Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:23:10 -0400 "MET" <met@uberstats.com> wrote: > as my Laptop OS. I will do some searching, but are there good GUI > environments for word processing, OpenOffice is a full-featured office suite. Abiword is a more light-weight MS Word clone, Tex/LaTex is good if you need industrial-strength publishing; especially for science or math. > C/C++ development, KDevelop, though I prefer Emacs or vi. (I used to swear by vi but since I started programming in Scheme, a LISP varient, I needed Emacs's parentheses matching. Plus I have started to use and like it's newsreader (yes, an editor with a newsreader; and email), gnus. I still prefer vi for editing configuration files though.) > email, There's tons of email aps. I currently use sylpheed-claws, though if you want something more elaborate there's Evolution. KMail is nice too. > ICQ, some > port of AOL Instant Messenger (I can't believe I'm putting this here), Gaim works perfectly with AOL IM, and has support for many other protocols such as Yahoo, MSN, and ICQ. Believe it or not I find it superior to Windows's AIM. > MP3 players/converters, Xmms is a top-quality player, supporting both mp3 files and streaming mp3s. I hear grip is good for creating mp3s from CDs. > web browsers that actually keep up to date with > the standards, Mozilla 1.0 is terrific, and follows the latest standards closer than IE. Other people swear by Galeon, Konqueror, or Opera. > and anything else commonly used ? FreeBSD has over 7,000 ports (easily installable programs); and many Linux binaries will run too. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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