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Article #55065Re: Suggestions please - Office for Linux
From: JEDI
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 00:00
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On Sat, 02 Aug 1997 18:24:39 -0400, Jeff Weeks <pweeks@execulink.com> wrote:
>> I would like to hear peoples experiences with Applixware 4.3. I've tried
>> the latest staroffice, besides being really slow(intel 166mmx, 64megs ram,
>> static version of staroffice), it segv's on me often. For now, I'm still
>> rebooting into win95 to use msword.. also, has anyone tried wordperfect
>> for linux? how's the beta of version 7? (www.sdcorp.com)
>
>I've got Applix 4.2 and it runs at a decent clip :) It's got good
>speed. MUCH faster than StarOffice. I don't know which is actually
>better though.
>
>I haven't tried WP Beta... however, given that web site, I think I
WP 7 Beta for Linux quite easily trumps any other Linux
word processor for speed and functionality.
Are there any truth to the rumours that the rest of the non-java
parts of the WP Office suite are being ported to Linux?
>will. I tried a beta of WP for Java and it was really cool. It didn't
>work too well... and it was extremely slow in Netscape... but it looked
>cool :)
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