From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 27 5:17:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E4E337BFA4 for ; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 05:16:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 136uIB-0004Yz-00; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 13:16:39 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA71024; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 13:16:39 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 13:16:39 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: Rahul Siddharthan Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: linux emulation and office suites Message-ID: <20000627131638.A70989@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20000627025036.A63418@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20000627113714.D5878@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000627113714.D5878@physics.iisc.ernet.in>; from rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in on Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 11:37:14AM +0530 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 11:37:14AM +0530, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > i want to install staroffice 5.2. if there is no port for it, do i just > > have to install the linux emulation? or the linux emulation port? these > > are two different things, right? > > You can install linux emulation via the ports, > /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base > that will give you a Red Hat-like linux environment in /compat/linux. > You'd also need a kernel compatibility module, or a kernel > compiled with the option LINUX. > I don't know whether StarOffice will work out of the box. Quite > likely will. Is there anything that staroffice 5.2 does that is significantly better than applix office? And has anyone tried the applix 4.0 alpha release? jm -- ------------------------------------------- Jonathon McKitrick -- jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org Do not mistake lack of talent for genius ------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message