Re: Desktopless StarOffice for 486?

["Steve R. Hastings" <steve@hastings.org>]

> I have a 486 with less than 1 GB total HDD space (on three HDDs). Is
> there still an older, smaller, desktop-free version of StarOffice
> around? I'd actually mainly need the StarWriter component.

I suggest you look at AbiWord.  It is small and fast, and it would be my
first choice on a 486.

http://www.abiword.com/


Do you have a really fast Linux (or other UNIX) computer on the network
somewhere?  If so, you could just use the 486 as an X "thin client" and
let the fast computer actually run StarOffice.  All you would really run
on the 486 is the X server.  If you need features that AbiWord doesn't
have, you might want to try this.

Here is a review of several Linux word processors; maybe you can find
what you need here.

http://www.linuxcare.com/products/prodmore.epl?PRODUCT_GROUP=Word+Processors


Good luck!
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