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From: Chad Clark <cclark@comstar.net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Betting on Unix
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 13:36:27 -0600
Organization: ComStar Communications Corp.
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On 6 Feb 1997, Mr Stuart Lamble wrote:
> Marco S Hyman (marc@dumbcat.codewright.com) wrote:
> : vss@shell2.ba.best.com (V.S. Senthilkumar) writes:
> :
> : > Tell me a cheap and good word processing application for unix?
> :
> : 1) emacs + groff (preview with the -X option if using X).
> : 2) emacs + [La]TeX
> :
> : Take your choice. The cost is an hour or three to generate and install, 0
> : dollars. At that price you can use both.
>
> Or, if you want something that runs under X, and gives you a pretty display,
> try LyX. Still beta software, but very, very usable.
>
> There's also StarOffice, available from sunsite (also beta.)
>
I have been using WordPerfect/Linux for quit a while now, a couple of
co-workers actually run MS Office through WABI, a Window 3.1 emulator. It
is kinda scary seeing program manager on Fvwm.
Chad Clark
Engineer
ComStar Communications
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