On Tuesday, July 6, 2004, at 06:19 PM, Mark Christol wrote:
I recently put Yellow Dog Linux & Open Office on an old beige.
seems to work ok.
I have opened .docs .ppss & .xlss ok
One doc was kinda funky because of font issues but the mac Word screwed that up, too.
Can't beat the price !
I have no idea about handling peripherals, tho.
Just go for NeoOffice, then, <http://www.neooffice.org>, and then you don''t have to put up with the rest of the problems of Linux, as it runs fine on a Mac.
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