Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 16:22:57 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-UK.eu.org> Cc: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: linux emulation and office suites Message-ID: <3958B8C1.7C37DA6E@i-clue.de> References: <20000627025036.A63418@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20000627113714.D5878@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <20000627131638.A70989@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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j mckitrick wrote: > > 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? Staroffice 5.2 looks nice and comfortable on my Winblowz box right beside me. Opens all the news M$ Office documents I can throw at it, with surprisingly few layout problems. IMHO it would be _very_ nice to have StarOffice rtunning under *BSD, either in Linux emulation, or -even better- native. Just my $.05 -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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