Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 08:30:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net> To: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD - I'm in love! Message-ID: <XFMail.980628083018.fewtch@serv.net> In-Reply-To: <19980627154723.55046@nothing-going-on.org>
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On 27-Jun-98 Nik Clayton wrote: > On Sat, Jun 27, 1998 at 06:53:01AM -0700, Tim Gerchmez wrote: >> some things I just can't do and software that's unavailable for >> BSD as of yet (for example, listening to MP3 music files, > > x11amp. Probably at <URL:http://www.x11amp.org/>, but if not, the > multimedia mailing list can probably point you at it. Won't do me a bit of good without a supported soundcard. >> and software like Adobe Photoshop, > > ports/graphics/gimp1. Oh yeah, prepare to be astounded by that one. I'll have to give that one a try. >> MS Word, > > ports/editors/staroffice (runs under Linix emulation, can be flaky. Then > again, so is MS Word). Looks and runs like Word on steroids. Also includes > a very nice Excel beater. Also available for Windows. Reads/writes Word > format files. I thought StarOffice was a beta version that was supposed to have expired already (according to the 2.2.6 tarball, it is anyway, but there's a different version at www.freebsd.org/ports, also available as a package). I might give it a try, when I get in the mood to download a 25 meg file :/... Thanks, Tim ---------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net> Date: 28-Jun-98 Time: 08:25:52 This message was sent by XFMail under Fvwm2 and FREEBSD. My personal website is at http://www.serv.net/~fewtch/index.html Take a look if you have the time - something for everyone there. ---------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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