On Wed, 14 Nov 2001 08:48:32 +0100, Joerg Dietze wrote:

> Hi Sam,

> On Wed, 14 Nov 2001 01:47:51 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:

>> Questions:

>> In the Linux world, are there any full-fledged word processor
>> applications having wysiwyg screen editors suitable for use by
>> dummies?  I am speaking here of something that might be comparable
>> to M$-Word or WordPerfect for Windows.

> <snip>

> there is StarOffice for Linux. It is reported to have M$ import filters
> now. AFAIK it's free. Have a look at http://www.sun.com/staroffice/

Joerg:

Thanks for your suggestion.

Went there and looked at it.  It looks good.  The site says that it
requires Linux kernel 2.0.  I don't know which distros provide kernel
2.0 and I don't know which distros having this kernel would be
suitable for the machine described.  Any recommendations?

Sam Heywood
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