In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: : On Mon, 25 Aug 1997 06:56:55 -0400, Tom Malloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : > Is anyone using redhats applixware on debian? How is it? The install : > difficult? Is it worth buying? I want to migrate away from msoffice and : > use linux exclusively if possible. Thanks : > : : Try out StarOffice before you decide which office suit to use together : with Linux. I have found it very nice ... and version 3.1 is free if : you use it in a non-commercial purpose. : : Check it out at: : http://www.stardiv.de/ : : I don't think you'll find any difficulties installing Applixware. If : I'm right there is an non-rpm installation included on the cd.
I've had a play around with StarOffice; the main reason I didn't get it is because I don't have a 'Net connection at home, and the prospect of lugging everything back on 1.44MB floppies doesn't really appeal. I've forked out $99AUS for the student edition of Applixware; it's nice. Very nice. My only beef: the non-rpm installation tries to install everything into /opt. Not a good move, especially since my 30MB root partition only had 15MB free.... I ended up test driving Redhat for a while on my /home partition (don't ask, please); whilst I was dding that, I installed Applixware somewhere in /usr/local. (under Debian, that would have been /home/usr/local/ ... as I said, don't ask :) Tar it up, untar it into the Debian /usr/local heirachy, and everything is happy happy joy joy. (with some script editing, of course.) One of these days, I might get around to doing some work on an installation package. In my Copious Spare Time, naturally. ;) -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d-(++) s+:- a-- C++>$ UL+++(++++)>++++$ P-(---) L++(+++)>+++$ !E--- W+(--)>-- N+(++)> o+>++ K- !w--- !O- !M- !V- PS+ PE Y(+) PGP+>+++ t 5 !X !R tv-(--)>! b++(++++)>++++ DI+(+)>++++ D++(---) G+ e++ h>++ !r>+++ y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .