Need some software advice.

1998-08-20 Thread Damon Muller
Hi Debianizers, I have a friend who has shown some interst in Linux, so I think I might possibly have another convert from the windoze world. Actually, I think the thing that might have sold her on it is the possibility of burning CDs and still being able to use the computer - unlike the windoze

Re: Need some software advice.

1998-08-20 Thread Robert Ramiega
On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 10:57:41PM +1000, Damon Muller wrote: Hi Debianizers, I have a friend who has shown some interst in Linux, so I think I might possibly have another convert from the windoze world. Actually, I think Good! =o) Also a spreadsheet-type thing would also be handy.

Re: Need some software advice.

1998-08-20 Thread Alexey Vyskubov
On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 10:57:41PM +1000, Damon Muller wrote: Does anyone know of a good IDE, something that will have a shallow learning curve from M$ Visual C++, Preferably X based (please don't say 'emacs', I don't want to scare her off too soon!)? Try to look at xwpe. It's IDE, you can

Re: Need some software advice.

1998-08-20 Thread Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corcete Dutra
Damon Muller wrote: Wordprocessor should be no problem, either KLyx or StarOffice should be more than up to the task (I'll put on KDE, which should make Linux a little easier to use for a first-timer). There's also Maxwell, XEmacs and one new one from ABIsource or something like