Justin Scott Shriver
Sun, 24 Jan 1999 10:51:26 -0500
> I've been hearing good thibgs about it..... but what software does it > support?? The 2 main programs I use are Front Page 98 and MS Office > 99.. Is it worth it??? Where can you get it??? > First let me say that unless you write software or host web pages you are unlikely to be happy about the switch to Linux. If you feel very technically confident, like to be able to change OS source code, or need Unix support than Linux can't be beat. HOWEVER, if you are basically happy with your development environment it does NOT make sense to use Linux. Exact replacements of Microsoft products are NEVER available as it is part of Microsoft's competitive stratergy to modify the internals of their programs OFTEN. Also, drivers for hardware are not available from most manufacturers. This means that you must look around the internet to find the appropriate drivers. If you are just curious about Linux and have an I3k the install should be relatively simple, buy the Redhat distribution (Best Buy, Global Office Supply, and many book stores) install and play. If you are going to try to get a lot of hardware working it will be a lot of work. If you want to tinker then it can be a lot of fun but if you are trying to replace MS products my advice would be skip it. There is an office suite knock off StarOffice, but I would supsect that with each new release of office it would be "off" for a couple of months. > Thanks > > Ryan > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > --- > http://nts.ml.org > FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/ > http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/ > List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html > To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List administrator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- http://nts.ml.org FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/ http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/ List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List administrator: [EMAIL PROTECTED]