From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jul 30 23:34:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from scotty.masternet.it (scotty.masternet.it [194.184.65.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D2DA14EE7 for ; Fri, 30 Jul 1999 23:34:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gmarco@scotty.masternet.it) Received: from suzy (ppp-1055-15-157-199.iol.it [151.15.157.199]) by scotty.masternet.it (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA15865; Sat, 31 Jul 1999 08:33:14 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from gmarco@scotty.masternet.it) Message-Id: <4.1.19990731083132.01ab3300@194.184.65.4> X-Sender: gmarco@194.184.65.2 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 08:36:09 +0200 To: Wim Livens From: Gianmarco Giovannelli Subject: Re: Wordprocessor/OS recommendation ? Cc: chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <19990730180512.J20292@rc.bel.alcatel.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 30/07/99, you wrote: >Now, I don't know what I should recommend to someone like him. First choice is >the OS: FreeBSD or Linux ? As a FreeBSD administrator, programmer, enthousiast >I like him to use that so I can help with installation, etc. But since his >primary use is desktop applications maybe he's better of with linux instead of >running a lot of stuff (like wordperfect etc.) under emulation. For the use of a good wordpro you can install FreeBSD... The main two wordpro programs for Linux, staroffice and wordperfect, run fine under emulation. I use both of them and I found that wordperfect is lighter to use but has a worse compatibility with windows word (and some bugs too :-) StarOffice 5.1 works fine but is heavier to load (you need at least 64mb and a good cpu). Take both of them and try yourself to see ... Best Regards, Gianmarco Giovannelli , "Unix expert since yesterday" http://www.giovannelli.it/~gmarco http://www2.masternet.it To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message