RE: [SLE] Applixware

I have been labouring with SO under Linux, I think it works much better under that other OS and have been considering buying applixware to use for my word processing and spreadsheet needs. Would anyone else like to comment about the differences between the newer GTK based version and the older version? Kastus likes the older version and I am inclined to dig out an old version of SuSE and install the rpm on 7.0, register it and go with that. The thought of having to mess with old versions of GTK doesn't excite me. Are the old and new versions functionally different? TIA, Jethro

-----Original Message----- From: Konstantin (Kastus) Shchuka [mailto:kastus@tsoft.com] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 8:42 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Applixware

On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 11:37:26PM +0000, Purple Shirt wrote:

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just to kill the rumors. applixware from office 99 does work on

7.0 i am

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using it.

Great news! I guess it is 4.4.2. I'm going to try it tonight on 7.1. It was flawless on 6.4 (not to forget shlibs5 is needed to make gallium font server happy)

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5.0 is quite cheap. 50 bucks right from the applixware site.

Yeah, but I like 4.4.2 look and feel more than that of GTK. I know, I am old-fashioned.

-Kastus

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From: Lars Forseth To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Applixware Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 22:26:52 +0100

On onsdag 7. mars 2001, 06:34, you wrote:

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On Mon, 05 Mar 2001, Konstantin wrote:

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Judging by the traffic on applixware list, the product is dying. I'm really sorry for that.

My local Best Buy used to sell Applixware, but I haven't seen it there in months. On the upside, they do have Star Office in stock.

Just to say my "two bits" on this; I would regret if Applixware dissapeared. It was small, fast and had just what I needed. When I

installed Suse 7.0, I

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thought I would try SO 5.2, but it was much too big and slow on my system (Celeron 366, 64MB). So thats why I asked about how to install my version from Office 99 from Suse.

When I arrived home this evening I found a letter from Suse with their latest offers (suse v 7.1 etc). And there I found that they also offers Applixware 5.0. So whats the word from Suse on this; is applix 5.0 something one can run on Suse? (se Jonathan Drews comments to my first post)

A more general comment is that this illustrates two areas were Linux is weak; the regrettable lack of good office applications (what that is is offcourse a question of taste and needs) - Koffice is now too much of a work in progress, SO too big, Corel WPoffice 2000 too big and difficult to install (and will it exist in 6 months?). Applix sort of fits my bill just now! The second area is installation of software; too many times software is too difficult to install (often demanding compilation; which I'm not scared away from but would drive most other "normal" users right back to windows) or some libraries is either missing, or links get broken under installation. I went for Suse when I started with Linux because they seemed to be the best distro with regards to software packages; and sofar I have not too often been dissapointed by them in this. Cheers to the men and women of Suse for that :-)

By the way thanks to Jonathan and Konstantin for their answers :-)

Regards Lars Forseth

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