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Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!news From: stephen farrell <sfarrell@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: phaedrus.uchicago.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <87ybacgshv.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> Lines: 47 Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago -- Academic Computing Services X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.4.37/XEmacs 19.15 References: <slrn5kaf5t.11r.c_chaos@chaosnet.wahnapitae.on.ca><01bc4136$20f68ec0$78c5a9c6@win95> <3345FD90.4A3@kashmir.net><3347ce19.0@news.intercenter.net> <5i9h5g$et4@lace.colorado.edu><y5alo6v5zxn.fsf@graphics.cat.nyu.edu> <E891HB.17A@oriole.sbay.org> <01bc4366$91b8bde0$8934e3cc@rx_jearl> <33568FBF.2905@ehs.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.89) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 18:06:52 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:20353 comp.os.linux.misc:171037 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39452 Kent Friis </dev/null@ehs.dk> writes: > Jason Earl wrote: > > > > George Bonser <grep@oriole.sbay.org> wrote in article > > <E891HB.17A@oriole.sbay.org>... > > > I think that is why WordPerfect for Linux is pretty much exactly like > > > WordPerfect for DOS or any other platform. > > > > > > > I realize that this doesn't really have anything to do with the thread (and > > I REALLY hate to break up your holy war), but I have been meaning to ask if > > you really need Caldera's OpenLinux to run their WordPerfect package, or > > are they just saying that. I would appreciate a good word from anyone who > > knows. > > Linux is Linux, no matter where it came from. But you'll probably need to get > it from Caldera, if you want to run it OFFICIALLY. I think that WP is only sold > with Linux, but if one of your friends had it, there probaly wouldn't be > anything stopping you from grabbing a copy. > > But: I haven't tried. They may have made somekind of check, that will require > some debugging, to find out how to make it run. > > Only one way to find out: > give it a try. or you could listen to me: they have no check for caldera system. (any wank with strace could hack around it anyway). the only caveat is that you need rpm to install it. of course, sources for rpm are readily available. so, for example, it runs just peachy on a redhat system. on the other hand, it's terribly buggy and basically unusable -- i'd check out applixware or staroffice instead. > > > Thanks; > > Jason Earl > > Kent > -- > Anti spammer email: use "d5kf" instead of "/dev/null" > > You haven't seen _multitasking_ until you have seen > Doom and Quake run side by side.