From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 27 18: 2:37 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-65-26-235-186.mmcable.com [65.26.235.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 265DC37B479 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:02:35 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 35237 invoked by uid 100); 28 Nov 2000 02:02:34 -0000 From: Mike Meyer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <14883.4666.510734.512151@guru.mired.org> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 20:02:34 -0600 (CST) To: Matthew Peacock Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Please help with linux compatibility In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1 (patch 10) "Capitol Reef" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ X-Message: You should get a better mailer. Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Please keep things on -questions on -questions. This means others can see the answers, and possibly provide them if I can't. Matthew Peacock types: > Thanks very much for your help. You mentioned that the StarOffice port was a > bit flaky. All I really need is a basic word processor that lets me do some > simple formatting for documents (eg - different size/type fonts, > bold/italic/underlined, tables, bullet points) > I need a spread sheet that's reasonably easy to learn and has a reasonable > set of functions (a bit more than SUM, AVERAGE - possibly with text > functions and binary and hex functions). I don't mind what I use as long as > I get the basic functionality. If you know of any other Word Processors and > Spread Sheet programms in theports collection that you think are good, > please let me know. Well, for word processors, read . For spreadsheets, I can't really help much. I've looked at a few, but it's not something I need very often. However, you might note that what's flaky about the StarOffice port is *installation*, not running it, though I haven't exercised it thoroughly. If you're willing to spend some $'s and want to support FreeBSD, Applixware Office from the FreeBSD Mall runs native.