Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 19:34:24 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Joe Oliveiro <joe@advancewebhosting.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Staroffice Networking Non-functional Message-ID: <14889.41760.187469.928635@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <106275881@toto.iv>
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Joe Oliveiro <joe@advancewebhosting.com> types: > Hopefully since Sun donated SO to the gnome project some things on it will > change. I've never used kde but i wouldnt install it just for koffice, > especially since it doesnt write M$ docs. You can install koffice without installing kde (or kde2). The port (editors/koffice) will do the trick for you. You will install all the libs for it, but that's no worse than the libs for StarOffice. After doing so, I decided that it wasn't ready for real world work yet. > > > I find so52 to be like its own wm. I would like to see each program to run > > > on its own :) > > I hear that.... basic unix philosophy... Oddly enough, the Windows > > version does the same thing and I've found it scares casual > > users by replacing their familiar desktop. 8-) However, it works > > rather well for supplying common document compatability with the > > Microsoft stuff on *nix. StarOffice is clearly the best choice if reading some monopolies proprietary document formats is important to you. I don't think they have to do the "Win9x in a window" for that, though. I've been trying to get openoffice installed on Linux to check things out, but it isn't worth the trouble of installing the library variants openoffice wants. If you want a good office suite that works well on FreeBSD and doesn't clash with your windowing environment, you'll need to buy it. Applixware Office does a nice job, and is available as a FreeBSD native application from the FreeBSD mall <URL: http://www.freebsdmall.com/software/applix.phtml >. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Unix/FreeBSD consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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