Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 12:51:21 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: "Jerold McAllister" <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: Perry Hutchison <perryh@pluto.rain.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Word processor for 6.1 Message-ID: <ef10de9a0609051051o37914481j3ea89e8fd4784065@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <E1GKcVR-0003FL-KP@sys29.mail.msu.edu> References: <10609040708.AA17675@pluto.rain.com> <ef10de9a0609041402p30991a58hfc9063e8a857a1b1@mail.gmail.com> <10609042341.AA20281@pluto.rain.com> <ef10de9a0609041958m3577a344uc369a497ccda6609@mail.gmail.com> <E1GKcVR-0003FL-KP@sys29.mail.msu.edu>
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On 9/5/06, Jerold McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> wrote: > Nikolas Britton writes: > > > On 9/4/06, Perry Hutchison <perryh@pluto.rain.com> wrote: > >> > > Anyone know where I can find a working word processor for 6.1? > >> > > AbiWord and OpenOffice both require Gnome, which won't build. > >> ... > >> > KOffice 1.5 has OpenDocument support. > >> > >> Not that I'm any more eager to get into > >> a KDE mess than a Gnome mess :) > >> > >> File format support is not important. > >> I just need something for my 9th-grader > >> to use for school papers. > >> > > > > FreeBSD and Linux will not meet your teenagers needs, If you really > > want to introduce your kid to UNIX then buy a Mac... trust me on > > this... I interact with many high school and college kids on a daily > > basis. Any used Mac capable of running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and > > NeoOffice2 will suit your childs needs perfectly: > > Please be more careful about advice you give that is really opinion. > You completely missed the point, you of all people should know exactly what I'm talking about: http://acns.msu.edu/organization/academic/information_systems/ So close to the kids and yet completely out of touch with their needs. -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/
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