From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Jan 6 14:30: 2 2001 From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 6 14:29:59 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from beastie.bertrandtech.on.ca (beastie.bertrandtech.on.ca [209.167.177.171]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B33C37B400 for ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 14:29:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from grendel.bertrandtech.on.ca (cr120189-a.pr1.on.wave.home.com [24.114.29.31]) by beastie.bertrandtech.on.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9537BB48; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 22:30:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from grendel.bts (grendel.bts [192.168.250.4]) by grendel.bertrandtech.on.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8075911D0C; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 17:57:12 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 17:57:12 -0500 (EST) From: Louis Bertrand X-Sender: louis@grendel.bts To: Doug Barton Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: office suites (was: Re: FreeBSD Newbies First Aid Kit) In-Reply-To: <3A578016.479A218E@gorean.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Doug, Yes, but hopefully not more of a PITA than rebooting into Windows when someone sends me a MS-Word doc. Actually this is turning into an interesting experiment. I've just downloaded StarOffice and it seems to be running just fine (bloated download -- I'm glad I have a cable modem!). I also have a release of ApplixWare which I bought last year and never used, and finally, I'm going to get a copy of Corel WordPerfect for Linux (although, business-wise, Corel may not be a viable Linux player for long). I'll keep notes. Ciao --Louis On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Doug Barton wrote: > Louis Bertrand wrote: > > > What attracted me was the hope of running Star Office (under Linux > > emulation) or Applixware so I wouldn't have to reboot into Windows > > whenever someone sends me a MS-Word document (too schizo). > > Word on the lists is that star office under linux compatability mode is > a giant pita, whereas applixware has a native freebsd version that runs > quite well. > > Good luck, > > Doug > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message