On Saturday 26 March 2005 06:23 pm, Andy Yankovich wrote: [...]
Please read all.
Dictionary is simply NOT there. If it comes with 9.3 then I'll just wait instead of putting you thru all that trouble. Heck, I forget to look in the dictionary anyway nowadays. ************
Ok, I'll mention it again from Michael's mail, Kdict is part of the kdenetwork3-query rpm, make sure that is installed. ==========
BTW, good friend, is Novell Desktop much different than Suse Pro? What are the major advantages in upgrading to Suse Pro 9.3 rather than Novell Desktop? If I go to Novell do I lose the good people on this list? For a dummy like me is it better for me to buy the 9.3 package that to try to upgrade thru Yast or whatever? ***********
Novell Desktop is designed for the office worker/secretary with mostly or only that in mine, so you would probably be missing several things you need or want in SuSE 9.2/9.3! ==========
I really would like a good wordprocessor in the near future. I do some "retirement" type writing for myself and some Church friends. Since the Bible software I used to use on XP Pro piggybacks on IE6 DLL's in part of its system, I absolutely *need* access to XP and IE6. I plan on buying Win4Lin Pro when XP is stable on it. I don't think I can handle the complexity of the VMware emulator. But maybe I'm wrong. I would be willing to handle VMware's cost if I could handle the installation, bug fixing, updating, etc. *********
Linux is full of good word processors! KOffice, OpenOffice.org, AbiWord are all available. Also, you can use Scribus, if you need desktop publishing software to do newsletters, etc for the church. All really good stuff. Plus, OpenOffice.org 2.0 will be included with 9.3 next month. KOffice is becoming quite good as well. ===========
The Bible software I use, I use quite frequently if not daily, and it is one GB in size and cost me several hundred dollars. I don't want to give it up. The BibleTime software available on Linux doesn't come close to comparing to the several hundred of volumes on Logos Libronix. Crossover can't handle Libronix nor can Wine (at least the versions I investigated months ago). ***********
Are you sure there is not a comparable package available for Linux? I do believe there are some very good packages around, but you may need to do a search. Open Konqueror browser and type either "sf:bible or gg:bible for Linux" in the URL box. I think you'll be surprised. Also, it's quite possible to install IE6 with the Wine included with SuSE and I'm betting your old windows bible software too. ==========
That is why I have a strong, serious interest in a good wordprocessor. And I am told by some friends that Novell's wordprocessor is better and much more stable than OpenOfficeOrg 1.1. And I really do not want to give up Linux. **********
The same OpenOffice.org software included in standard SuSE is also used in Novell's, do I doubt you see any difference. ========= regards, Lee -- --- KMail v1.8 --- SuSE Linux Pro v9.2 --- Registered Linux User #225206 "He's not my brother, he's just heavy." ........Bucky Katt