From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 26 9:17:44 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B78B37B416 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 09:17:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from columbia ([12.93.215.57]) by mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20011226171739.IKRM13869.mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net@columbia>; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 17:17:39 +0000 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" To: "Frank Milner" , Subject: RE: software Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 12:15:25 -0500 Message-ID: <005f01c18e30$e875e760$6600000a@ach.domain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <3C29D88C.54F4042F@pathcom.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Frank Milner > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 9:03 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: software > > Dear FreeBSDm > > This no doubt sounds like a naive question, but will Windows > applications run under FreeBSD? If not, what everyday word processors, > spreadsheets, utlilities, etc., can be used with this operating system? > Perhaps Star Office applications? > > In other words, is FreeBSD suitable in anyway for the standalone > desktop? If you're looking for a general purpose desktop solution for FreeBSD, and you're familiar with the way that Windows works, I'd recommend: FreeBSD 4.4-Release XFree86 3.3.6 KDE 2.2 or higher. This combination will give you what you're looking for. KDE has a suite of included applications that have a similar look and feel to the Office applications that you're used to on a Microsoft platform. Star Office also works quite well on FreeBSD platforms, along with other alternatives such as ApplixWare, etc. Those are a few options, and yes, FreeBSD is suitable for the stand-alone desktop, but in a networked environment is where it really shines. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message