Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:46:39 +0100 From: "Ernst W. Winter" <ewinter@ewinter.org> To: Damian Gerow <dgerow@afflictions.org> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Word Processor on AMD64 Message-ID: <20050227184639.GA1163@lobo.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <20050227182359.GE35988@afflictions.org>
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On Sun, 27 Feb 2005, Damian Gerow wrote: > Are there any good[1] word processors that are currently available > for use on AMD64 systems? > Abiword no problems here as I use it also to convert to other formats and it works wel, had no crash so far, I even loaded by accident a *ps file and it it shoed it correctly. > [1] By 'good' I mean stable (not a development branch), and able to > read/write MS Word format. It would be nice if it could do OO.org > as well, as that's what all of my current docs are in. What version of amd64 are you running? I use so far "5-STABLE", that is up to date until today. If you cvsup up to today, then recompile the whole lot inclusive a new kernel I would say most of your problems will go away. The only difference is that I have a ASUS board A8V Delux with single 939 CPU, if that should make a difference, but I doubt it. Ernsthome | help
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