Thank you very much.....I'll be posting to the list how my install / setup
of everything
went as soon as I receive the software.
-- Erich
From: "Eric Gillespie, Jr." <epgilles@olemiss.edu> on 10/15/99 01:12 AM GMT
Please respond to debian-user@lists.debian.org
Erich_Newell@ci.mesa.az.us, debian-user@lists.debian.org
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Subject: Re: Newbie Non-FAQ(I think) questions
On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 05:01:19PM -0700,
Erich_Newell@ci.mesa.az.us <Erich_Newell@ci.mesa.az.us> wrote:
> APPS and GAMES:
> -----------------------------
> Quake / QuakeWorld -- I'm guessing that the Linux build for these works
on
> the Debian distribution....Any pointers? (Debian specific FAQ's)
Quake works perfectly on Debian. There are Debian packages that will make
installing it easier. XQF makes it easy to browse QuakeWorld.
> Word 6.0 -- I've been told that StarOffice is pretty good? (Pros /
> Cons please...)
I use AbiWord for a lot of things, but it's far from complete, so I also
have StarOffice installed.
> Access
StarOffice has database software.
> Excel
Gnumeric. I've never had to turn to its StarOffice equivalent. It also
understands more Excel files than StarOffice.
> Photoshop 5.0
Gimp.
> RioShell 3.0
I'm guessing that this communicates with a Diamond Rio. freshmeat.net lists
quite a few apps for this.
> Adaptec EZ CD4.0
Gnome-Toaster.
>
> HARDWARE:
> ---------------------
> Abit BP6
> Dual Celery 450 (OC's to 504 )
> 128 PC 100
> Seagate (Model?) 4.5GB UDMA33 Drive
> 3Com 3C905B
> Diamond v770 Ultra
> Iomega Zip 100
> Iomega Jaz 2GB
>
I have a friend with an Abit motherboard with a celeron, and it works
great. I can personally vouch for the network card.
--
Eric Gillespie, Jr. <*> epg@pobox.com
"Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman--a rope over an abyss.
A dangerous across, a dangerous on-the-way, a dangerous looking-back,
a dangerous shuddering and stopping."
--Friedrich Nietzsche
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