Although StarOffice 5.2 usually comes with most distributions, the 6.0 beta
is stable and worth a look see.  The major change is in the user interface.
http://www.sun.com/staroffice/6.0beta/

Regards,

Frank Gribbin
Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP


On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 14:16:37 -0600, [log in to unmask] wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I did manage to get MS-Office 2000 to run in Linux using wine (windows
>emulation), but it's pretty unstable. I got an avalanche of error
>messages. The few stable window apps that can run in Linux are notepad
>and solitaire.
>
>As for dual booting, use LILO. And leave enough space for your Linux
>partition, the standard installation is too bloated, but you may wish to
>install some of the really good apps (eg. staroffice, kylix, jbuilder
>etc)
>
>Check out this site:
>http://www.linuxdoc.org
>
>Jan Gerrit Kootstra <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> "Shahan, Ray" wrote:
>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I went to the bookstore this weekend to see about some 'IX' info.  I
read a
>>> preface from one book that said I might not be able to load LINUX on my
PC
>>> due to hardware (Sound/Video cards in specific).  The book also pointed
out
>>> that I'll need around 850MB on a partitioned drive available...ouch!
>>> Lastly, it said I would, at boot time, have to decide what OS to use,
and
>>> that I might have some trouble running apps on LINUX that were designed
for
>>> WINDOWS....
>>>
>>> My question is this:  Does anyone have any suggestions on where to start
>>> with all of this for us folks that are MPE, and not well versed at PC's?
>>>
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>> Ray,
>
>
>> This is not meaned as  an insult, but "Linux for dummies" perhaps.
>
>> About Linux and Windows apps, this is the same problem as trying to
install
>> MS-Office XP on a HPe3000 with MPE/iX. It will probably not run.
>
>
>> Regards,
>
>
>> Jan Gerrit Kootstra
>
>
>--
>Cheers,
>Jon K.
>

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