On Sun, 2005-02-13 at 09:09 -0800, sandip wrote: > Hello, friends. Though I registered myself some 2 > months ago, I never posted anything.
Welcome! > Actually I came > to know about this group from one of my friend in > Kolkata. Not only this group I came to know about > Linux from him. Earlier I used to think Linux as > something very technical, but my friend made me > understand that it can be for me too. But as he is > more interested in the philosophy of open source (am > I > right? perhaps this and free were quite different) http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html > things he referred me your group for the technical > details, and I became a member. > By profession I am a social data researcher ( no > research, it is mere survey work). Actually the job > involves, a lot of data collection, sometimes > analysis > and writing reports. So, a pirated version of XP > (both > windows and office) works fine for me. Now knowing > about Linux, I am a little hesitant to continue that > way. But following the discussions in this mailing > list I am not very sure whether this things are > meant > for me. The discussions on Book Fair has made me > place > my problems before the group. > I use Words, Excel, PowerPoint and Limdep. For Word, there is OpenOffice.org Writer For Excel, there is OpenOffice.org Calc or Gnumeric. For Powerpoint, there is OpenOffice.org Impress. I think Limdep is available for Linux. > I have to > have Bengali to make presentations and > questionnaire. Working on Bengali in Linux is definitely possible - and you might find it to be easier to work with than in Windows. However, moving your existing Bangla data from Windows may be a major problem. > May I shift to Linux totally? I suggest that you try out the Windows version of OpenOffice.org and after you are comfortable, you can gradually move to GNU/Linux (first a dual boot setup, and then remove Windows completely). Thanks, Sayamindu -- All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible. Seven Pillars of Wisdom -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
