From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 27 18:16:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from joe.pythonvideo.com (joe.pythonvideo.com [209.226.29.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEC1A37B479 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:16:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (joe@localhost) by joe.pythonvideo.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id eAS2GgL02963 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:16:43 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from joe@joe.pythonvideo.com) Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:16:42 -0500 (EST) From: User JOE To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Please help with linux compatibility In-Reply-To: <14883.4666.510734.512151@guru.mired.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Whats the url to the mall? On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Mike Meyer wrote: > 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 http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/reviews/FreeBSD-WP.html >. > > 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. > > -- > Mike Meyer http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Unix/FreeBSD consultant, email for rates. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message