From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 26 7:56:24 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tungsten.btinternet.com (tungsten.btinternet.com [194.73.73.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A763737B99F for ; Sun, 26 Mar 2000 07:56:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from [213.1.74.23] (helo=parish.my.domain) by tungsten.btinternet.com with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 12ZFOc-0000F7-00; Sun, 26 Mar 2000 16:56:11 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA01281; Sun, 26 Mar 2000 16:56:21 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 16:56:15 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Jim Durham Cc: dave , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question on staroffice? Message-ID: <20000326165615.F234@parish> References: <000501bf96d0$d8693240$0400a8c0@davemehler.tzo.com> <38DE079B.21FEB9FF@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <38DE079B.21FEB9FF@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>; from durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us on Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 07:50:35AM -0500 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 07:50:35AM -0500, Jim Durham wrote: > dave wrote: > > > > Hello, > > Is anyone using staroffice 5.1? I was wondering if it is worth the > > download time, and if it requires any additional configuration? Does it run > > in x or console mode? > > Thanks. > > Dave. > > I'm using it with 3.4 . It has it's good and bad points. > On the plus side, the word processor, spreadsheet and > database seem to work well and interface nicely with the > M$ world. The built-in browser is much more stable on > my system than the later Netscapes. > > On the other hand, it tries to replace your GUI desktop > with its own desktop, which I don't like. Ctrl-Shift-I or View->Integrated Desktop to get rid of that. The most annoying thing I find about it is that it starts up, despite whatever I do, with the corner of the window itself at 0,0, i.e. the title bar is off the screen. -- Seminars, n.: From "semi" and "arse", hence, any half-assed discussion. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message