Re: Desktopless StarOffice for 486?
"Steve R. Hastings" <steve@hastings.org> writes:
> > 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/
Is AbiWord now stable enough to be useable?
> 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.
Very nice idea, but it's a stand alone-machine.
> 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!
> --
> Steve R. Hastings "Vita est"
> steve@hastings.org http://www.blarg.net/~steveha
Thank you.
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Andre Berger [andre.berger@topmail.de]
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