Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 18:05:12 +0200 From: Wim Livens <livensw@rc.bel.alcatel.be> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Wordprocessor/OS recommendation ? Message-ID: <19990730180512.J20292@rc.bel.alcatel.be>
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I looking for some recommendations here. A friend of mine just got a new PC and is sick and tired of Windows. He never heard of unix before, but I got him very enthousiatic. He doesn't like fancy stuff, just somthing that *works*. He doesn't know anything about computers but just want to run a word processor, spreadsheet and some database application. 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. Next, what's the easiest wordprocessor ? LyX ? WP ? StarOffice ? (I don't think I can get him as far as learning LaTeX...) So, is anyone using FreeBSD a lot for wordprocessing and such that is NOT a programmer / computer-addict / unix-guru ? Please reply to me, i'm not on -chat. Thanks, Wim. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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