"Jerry Bauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Will GNU operating system run Microsoft Works?
Different gnu operating systems capable of running Microsoft Works would be: React OS http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html Linux with Wine http://distrowatch.com/ http://www.winehq.org/ It is also possible to run MS Windows program in a Microsoft OS running in a PC emulator like Qemu on a GNU operating system, however such a solution will also require a licens for a Microsoft OS: http://www.qemu.org/ I haven't tried running Microsoft Works or React OS myself, but I have run different MS Windows programs in Wine and in qemu. > What software do you recommend for word processing and spread sheet? You could try OpenOffice, Koffice, Abiword and gnumeric. For advanced word processing there is nothing that beats Emacs and Latex :-) > Easy enough questions but I can find the answer on ant web site. A godd place to search is http://freshmeat.net/ Keywords for you to serch for might be: spreadsheet word processor office emulator (but this will give a lot of hits not relevant for you) regards Henrik -- The address in the header is only to prevent spam. My real address is: hc1(at)poolhem.se Examples of addresses which go to spammers: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]