Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:10:47 -0400 From: "Jerold McAllister" <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> Cc: Perry Hutchison <perryh@pluto.rain.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Word processor for 6.1 Message-ID: <E1GKgK2-0002Cp-Ak@sys30.mail.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <ef10de9a0609051051o37914481j3ea89e8fd4784065@mail.gmail.com> 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> <ef10de9a0609051051o37914481j3ea89e8fd4784065@mail.gmail.com>
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Nikolas Britton writes: > 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: I kind of wonder who missed whose point. Anyway, it doesn't matter. The poster asked for a Word Processor to use on FreeBSD 6.1 and not for an opinionated lecture on which OS to use for kids. > > http://acns.msu.edu/organization/academic/information_systems/ > > So close to the kids and yet completely out of touch with their needs. You might be surprised. ////jerry > -- > BSD Podcasts @: > http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ > http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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