Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 15:36:39 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: Nelis Lamprecht <nelis@brabys.co.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD as Desktop OS with support for Windows Message-ID: <20021128143639.GT77198@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20021128155329.013e16e8@192.96.48.11> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20021128155329.013e16e8@192.96.48.11>
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# nelis@brabys.co.za / 2002-11-28 16:14:38 +0200: > Hi People > > I want to use FreeBSD as my desktop OS with Gnome but I still need to do > Windows luser support. I have installed Gnome 2 on FreeBSD 4.7 Stable and > now I'm trying to figure out what is the best solution. Does the Vmware > port still work and or should I just install Samba and which Office > Software would be best suited to use that is compatible with MS Word and > Exel ? I know of Openoffice, Gnomeoffice and Staroffice but have had no > experience using either. > > Your suggestions, help much appreciated. I use TightVNC instead of vmware. Works quite fine, and it's almost free (GPL). As for office software: all my attempts to use various incarnations ended in disasters: Koffice (~1 year ago): no Kapplication lasted longer than ~30 seconds AbiWord (june/july): 70% of attempts to save a short and simple .doc made Abi go in a tight loop or just die. I ended up using wv (/usr/ports/textproc/wv), which *did* work as advertised. OpenOffice (~1 month ago): crash! boom! bang! so, my advice would be: vmware or vnc. -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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