It should be possible to build a virtual environment to run your word processor in. In essence you would be running a program that runs your old operating system to run the wp8 that you want. Once it's setup it would be a launcher item in your new environment. And you would just launch your word processor as usual. Setup will be somewhat complex but help is available. This would be a future proof solution.
-- Larry Price http://industrialintellect.com On Dec 7, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Susan Lunas <[email protected]> wrote: > In my earlier reply, I stated that I used KDE, it's actually SuSE 9.0. I > don't know much about computers -- I can recite what I see or hear, but > my husband does know quite a bit about them . > > Susan > > > Kaplan wrote: >> >> >> From: >> >> >> >> http://corel.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/753851/related/1/kw/linux/p/8/r_id/166 >> >> >> Answer ID 753851 - What distributions can WordPerfect® for >> Linux® run under ? >> >> >> What Linux distributions can WordPerfect for Linux run under ? >> >> WordPerfect® for Linux® will run under most distributions capable of >> running X11R6 ( Xfree86 ). >> >> The products recommended requirements are as follows: >> >> * Intel® Pentium Processor II 400 Megahertz. ( or equivalent ). >> * 64 Megabytes of ram or greater. • 100 Megabytes worth of free >> disk space. >> * Linux kernel 2.0.x, 2.2.x or 2.4.x. >> * Xfree86 v3.3.5 or greater. >> >> Minimum requirements: >> >> * Intel 486 DX33 ( or equivalent ). >> * 16 Megabytes of ram or greater. >> * 100 Megabytes worth of free disk space. >> * Linux kernel 2.0.x, 2.2.x or 2.4.x. >> * Xfree86 v3.3.5 or greater. >> >> NOTE: Please ensure that your system meets the minimum system >> requirements for your Linux distribution. >> >> WordPerfect for Linux has been tested and is known to work with the >> following: >> >> * Xandros® v1.0 >> * SuSE® v8.2 >> * Redhat® v9.x >> * Mandrake® v9.x >> * Slakware® v9.x >> >> The product should work under different distributions or different >> versions however desktop icons and menu icons may not install or >> appear correctly. >> >> Notes: >> >> * >> Language Distributions: English (US, UK, CDN, AUS) and French >> (CDN, FR). >> * >> Libraries: WP Linux ships with its own compatibility libraries >> and installs them as /usr/i386-compat-gnulibc1/lib. It installs >> a script named xwp in /usr/bin that points to /wpbin/wplauncher, >> which sets a library path to the required libraries. >> * >> Printer Drivers: WP Linux does not ship with new printer >> drivers. The printer configuration is set up by default for >> Passthru Postscript and prints to WPSpool. To print WP8 with a >> specified printer driver, select raw. Either create a raw >> printer with CUPS or add -oraw in the LPR Options box in the >> Select Destinations dialog. >> * >> WP Linux ships with 130 fonts. A Readme in ~/wplinux/wpbin >> details font installation. >> >> However, the last dated entry I can find is Date Updated: 12/23/2009 >> and I believe Corel dropped Linux support. I could be wrong. Best to >> check with RedHat or IBM as they sell enterprise packages which >> include word processing solutions, etc. I think SuSE had the WP8 >> downloadable if memory serves me and here's something I Googled: >> http://tldp.org/FAQ/WordPerfect-Linux-FAQ/downloadwp8.html >> >> Better yet, try OpenOffice. It is completely stable, runs on Linux, >> FreeBSD, Max OS X, and it even runs on the Wondoze XP clones at LCC >> (if you sneak in with it on PortableApps on your flash device). It is >> free and nearly 99.1% >> MS Office compatible. Check it out: http://www.openoffice.org/ >> >> >> >> --Kaplan >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> EUGLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >> > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
