On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 10:26:56 -0400 "S.D.A." <dallan@rogers.com> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 12:08:53AM -0500 or thereabouts, Jacob S. > wrote: > > On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 00:59:03 -0400 > > "S.D.A." <dallan@rogers.com> wrote: > > <snip> > > > > Yeah Linix on anything Mac, prior to new world architecture, seems > > > to be a "pain in the arse" I'm doing this simply so my brother can > > > have a decent "Office" like app, without needing to use MickeySoft > > > software. He's presently using MacOS 10.1.5 on it. > > > > Kinda OT, but if you're just doing it for an Office app. and he's > > already running 10.x, why not use OpenOffice.org? They have a > > version for OS X, last I checked. > > It's not available yet (the native port, AFAIK), and I don't believe > MacOS 10.1.5 will be supported. Apparently Apple has made widespread > changes since 10.1.x. See > <http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/index.html>. As of March, they were > supposedly finalizing the installer, no news since. > > The only one available now, requires X11 -- so one might as well run > Debian or Darwin. Unfortunately, Darwin is too geekish for my brother. > He's a simple kinda guy, in terms of computer needs. We tried using > the Fink release, it was an older release, and wasn't quite up to > snuff. Thanks. I knew there must be a reason, but I hadn't had a chance to play with a G4 to find out for myself yet (only have access to an old B&W G3 right now). Jacob -- GnuPG Key: 1024D/16377135 Random .signature #36: Double your disk space - delete Windows! http://www.linux.org
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