Re: [SLE] Re: Holdout States Want Microsoft Office Ported To Linux
Le Jeudi 20 Décembre 2001 19:26, vous avez écrit :
On Wednesday 19 December 2001 20:05, Curtis wrote:
Port it and they will come.
I think there is too much obsession with porting MS apps. Let's show the world we don't need MS by developing high-quality open-source native Linux apps. This is already happening, of course. I barely use Windows/MS any more. That trend will only grow stronger as more and more developers and users join the swelling tide.
Personaly I am not a great specialist in computer science. Just an end-user but I am using Linux about at 100% (99.8% because Canoscan 650U does not like Linux, shame to Canon. As soon as a competitor makes a portable scanner Linux-friendly I throw my Canoscan in the trash-can. I do genealogical work and I need a light and carryable scanner). I did many thinks though with Linux: Mysql/Perl/Tk, Postfix mail servor working but still at test-stage, I am trying now Cyrus-Imap but still have problems, sound capture with ecasound or gramofile and I would like to do video capture => divx compression but failed to install VCR but I don't despair, etc At the end of january I'll do a seminar about Linux where I work. It won't be easy because I am the only one who knows some little thing on the matter and I'll face a front of Windows or Apple users (already facing them). I hesitate how I'll present it (excuse my bad english). Powerpoint is not available yet on Linux. I just have my two laptops (one PC and one iBook both with SuSE 7.x). Is there something equivalent to Powerpoint? Does anybody has suggestions and url's with interesting matters to show in a seminar? Thanks -- Alain Barthélemy bartydeux@gminformatique.com http://bartydeux.gminformatique.com
staroffice works pretty well, it is very similar to powerpoint On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Bartydeux wrote: Le Jeudi 20 D�cembre 2001 19:26, vous avez �crit :
On Wednesday 19 December 2001 20:05, Curtis wrote:
Port it and they will come.
I think there is too much obsession with porting MS apps. Let's show the world we don't need MS by developing high-quality open-source native Linux apps. This is already happening, of course. I barely use Windows/MS any more. That trend will only grow stronger as more and more developers and users join the swelling tide.
Personaly I am not a great specialist in computer science. Just an end-user but I am using Linux about at 100% (99.8% because Canoscan 650U does not like Linux, shame to Canon. As soon as a competitor makes a portable scanner Linux-friendly I throw my Canoscan in the trash-can. I do genealogical work and I need a light and carryable scanner). I did many thinks though with Linux: Mysql/Perl/Tk, Postfix mail servor working but still at test-stage, I am trying now Cyrus-Imap but still have problems, sound capture with ecasound or gramofile and I would like to do video capture => divx compression but failed to install VCR but I don't despair, etc At the end of january I'll do a seminar about Linux where I work. It won't be easy because I am the only one who knows some little thing on the matter and I'll face a front of Windows or Apple users (already facing them). I hesitate how I'll present it (excuse my bad english). Powerpoint is not available yet on Linux. I just have my two laptops (one PC and one iBook both with SuSE 7.x). Is there something equivalent to Powerpoint? Does anybody has suggestions and url's with interesting matters to show in a seminar? Thanks -- Alain Barth�lemy bartydeux@gminformatique.com http://bartydeux.gminformatique.com
Hi, Just grab the latest version of OpenOffice Build 641 from the SuSE ftp server. It is basically a drop-in-replacement for Microsoft Office. It includes OpenOffice.org Writer, Calc, Draw, Equation Editor, and Presentation (Impress) sofware. It does a wonderful job reading and writing Microsoft file formats, (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and has support for macros (has its own StarBasic). It is an OpenSource project. The source code is available via an LGPL license and a binary that should work on SuSE 7.3 for ppc is already on the Suse site. The project is maturing quickly and basically is equivalent to StarOffice on x86 Linux (StarOffice/OpenOffice are very much like Netscape/Mozilla). I now use it almost exclusively, and it (Star/OpenOffice) have received wonderful reviews lately from numerous reviewers. Please see www.openoffice.org for more info, screenshots, etc. It still has some minor rough edges but it is getting better very quickly. In fact a new release (Build OO641C) should be available tomorrow or Saturday at the latest. (The download is big: 79 Meg or so). Hope this helps, Kevin On December 20, 2001 04:00, Bartydeux wrote:
Le Jeudi 20 Décembre 2001 19:26, vous avez écrit :
On Wednesday 19 December 2001 20:05, Curtis wrote:
Port it and they will come.
I think there is too much obsession with porting MS apps. Let's show the world we don't need MS by developing high-quality open-source native Linux apps. This is already happening, of course. I barely use Windows/MS any more. That trend will only grow stronger as more and more developers and users join the swelling tide.
Personaly I am not a great specialist in computer science. Just an end-user but I am using Linux about at 100% (99.8% because Canoscan 650U does not like Linux, shame to Canon. As soon as a competitor makes a portable scanner Linux-friendly I throw my Canoscan in the trash-can. I do genealogical work and I need a light and carryable scanner).
I did many thinks though with Linux: Mysql/Perl/Tk, Postfix mail servor working but still at test-stage, I am trying now Cyrus-Imap but still have problems, sound capture with ecasound or gramofile and I would like to do video capture => divx compression but failed to install VCR but I don't despair, etc
At the end of january I'll do a seminar about Linux where I work. It won't be easy because I am the only one who knows some little thing on the matter and I'll face a front of Windows or Apple users (already facing them). I hesitate how I'll present it (excuse my bad english). Powerpoint is not available yet on Linux. I just have my two laptops (one PC and one iBook both with SuSE 7.x). Is there something equivalent to Powerpoint?
Does anybody has suggestions and url's with interesting matters to show in a seminar?
Thanks
Hi, On December 20, 2001 06:09, allan levy wrote:
Is there a replacement for MS Project
Not in the OpenOffice project. I teach project management to my MBA and EMBA students and once looked for a nice alternative that was not big $$ and never found it. If you find something please let me know. Kevin
Isn't "ToutDoux" (part of Gnome project) supposed to do this? I could never get it to compile (on PPC) though... argh. -i On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 23:16, Kevin B.Hendricks wrote:
Hi,
On December 20, 2001 06:09, allan levy wrote:
Is there a replacement for MS Project
Not in the OpenOffice project. I teach project management to my MBA and EMBA students and once looked for a nice alternative that was not big $$ and never found it. If you find something please let me know.
Kevin
Alain, I've just given a seminar and I was considering giving it in Powerpoint, but in the end I gave it using HTML. If you know some basic HTML it is a great way to give a talk. You can link to various web sites throughout your talk, without having to open up a separate programme. All Operating systems support browsers, so your talk can be given with any computer. My talk was directed at community groups interested in developing web sites. You can view my "slides" at www.draiochtweb.com/comhairle Andrew Montague www.draiochtweb.com On Thursday, December 20, 2001, at 09:00 , Bartydeux wrote:
Le Jeudi 20 Décembre 2001 19:26, vous avez écrit :
On Wednesday 19 December 2001 20:05, Curtis wrote:
Port it and they will come.
I think there is too much obsession with porting MS apps. Let's show the world we don't need MS by developing high-quality open-source native Linux apps. This is already happening, of course. I barely use Windows/MS any more. That trend will only grow stronger as more and more developers and users join the swelling tide.
Personaly I am not a great specialist in computer science. Just an end-user but I am using Linux about at 100% (99.8% because Canoscan 650U does not like Linux, shame to Canon. As soon as a competitor makes a portable scanner Linux-friendly I throw my Canoscan in the trash-can. I do genealogical work and I need a light and carryable scanner).
I did many thinks though with Linux: Mysql/Perl/Tk, Postfix mail servor working but still at test-stage, I am trying now Cyrus-Imap but still have problems, sound capture with ecasound or gramofile and I would like to do video capture => divx compression but failed to install VCR but I don't despair, etc
At the end of january I'll do a seminar about Linux where I work. It won't be easy because I am the only one who knows some little thing on the matter and I'll face a front of Windows or Apple users (already facing them). I hesitate how I'll present it (excuse my bad english). Powerpoint is not available yet on Linux. I just have my two laptops (one PC and one iBook both with SuSE 7.x). Is there something equivalent to Powerpoint?
Does anybody has suggestions and url's with interesting matters to show in a seminar?
Thanks -- Alain Barthélemy
bartydeux@gminformatique.com http://bartydeux.gminformatique.com
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