Corel has brought out it version of Office in Linux. Also, the Red
Hat CD comes with various software products for X-windows including
editors. They also have added a windows like system called Gnome.
I would highly suggest buying the Red Hat CD and reading the inclosed
installation guide before starting. Though installing Red Hat is
usually no more difficult than Windows 95.
As to the rest of the debate. The town that holds all the material
required for Bill Gates' new home for the permit process needed to
computerize the files, including the 3 file cabinets of drawings,
approvals, etc. on Bill's new home. They chose Linux. As the IT
manager stated, if he needed a new driver or fix a problem with Linux
it would just require a message on the appropriate news groups. With
Microsoft, he would have to wade through the MS Technical Support,
which could take weeks.
On 30 Sep 98, at 13:55, franko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So here's my question: I need the same sort of software I run on windows:
> a good word processor, text editor, presentation software (I do admit to
> liking PowerPoint), image processing, etc. Preferably all under X-windows.
>
> Does all this stuff exist for Linus? I know all the server stuff does, but
> what about the usual client business software? Hmmmm - maybe java based,
> like Lotus e-suite, must check it out.
>
> Any recommendations re the above? Preferably shareware (I don't mind
> paying for stuff I find useful, but I like to check it out first).
>
> Finally, I must make one point in favour of Microsoft. If it wasn't for
> them, the massive increase in PC hardware capacity that's happened over
> the last 10 years simply wouldn't have happened. Let's face it, it's
> really been the huge increase in application size for windows that has
> forced the hardware manaufacturers to make every bigger computers to keep
> up. If we'd all been using Linux for the last 10 years, we'd probably
> still be happily running 286s and be a great deal more productive for it.
>
> regards,
>
> franko
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