From: Sandro Giometti Sandoval Santos <s...@brnet.com.br> Subject: X-windows office suite for Linux Date: 1996/10/12 Message-ID: <32600C38.4A1@brnet.com.br>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 189028739 sender: owner-linux-...@vger.rutgers.edu content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii x-hdr-sender: s...@brnet.com.br organization: STE SERVICOS DE INFORMATICA LTDA. mime-version: 1.0 x-env-sender: owner-linux-x11-outgo...@vger.rutgers.edu newsgroups: linux.dev.x11 I have a major dilema, every time I need to work with a word processor document or spreadsheet I have to reboot my linux box and use Win95 and MS-office. I'm really not fond of either but it seems like I've got no options. I'm looking for a suite of apps to use on linux and stop having to use Win95. I've heard of two packages: Staroffice and Aplixware. Are these the only ones available? Which one is the best? Do I need any Motif libraries for them to work? If so, I have SCO openserver is there anyway I can use the SCO libraries with linux. Thanks in advance, Sandro, Brazil
From: a...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) Subject: Re: X-windows office suite for Linux Date: 1996/10/13 Message-ID: <53ri25$41k@lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 189233562 references: <32600C38.4A1@brnet.com.br> x-submitted-via: n...@ratatosk.yggdrasil.com (linux.* gateway) x-hdr-sender: a...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk organization: UKUU - Free UK UUCP x-env-sender: a...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk newsgroups: linux.dev.x11 In article <32600C38....@brnet.com.br>, Sandro Giometti Sandoval Santos <s...@brnet.com.br> wrote: >having to use Win95. I've heard of two packages: Staroffice and >Aplixware. Are these the only ones available? Which one is the best? Its probably a matter of taste. Applixware Im very fond of. If you have Motif you can download and try Star Office for free. >Do I need any Motif libraries for them to work? If so, I have SCO >openserver is there anyway I can use the SCO libraries with linux. No. But if you've got a copy of SCO wordperfect around you can run that happily under Linux with the iBCS2 module. Or Caldera sell a native Linux edition. http://www.uk.linux.org/LxCommercial.html Alan -- UKUU free UUCP Project Swansea | Alan Cox, <alan....@linux.org> +44 1792 422028 (Cabletel) | Custom Linux Software Projects. Sonix 33.6K 24x7 | Linux Consultancy. Linux Networking. Free mail/news feeds for almost all--------------------------------------