[ILUG] Using Linux instead of Windows

[Paul Mac Farland]

crossover office will offer you installing MS office under linux... ofcourse 
you could also use openoffice.org <http://openoffice.org/> as a subsitute 
and still save etc. in MS formats.


Your 16bit application might take a bit of work, but most likely you could 
get it working, if not through winehq.org <http://winehq.org/> but through 
vmware.com <http://vmware.com/>.

Adobe support recently got up on linux, so there should be no problems 
there. GIMP for images, and xmms/beep player for mp3's.

If you are new to linux, I recommend mandrake or fedora
(redhat.com<http://redhat.com/>),
SuSe has the best hardware support I know of off the bat, so even try it if 
you have any trouble getting your hardware working.

Everything I have mentioned, have a search through google, and you'll find a 
lot more information on them :)

Have fun :D


On 4/14/05, Garrett O' Leary <garrett at gotel.ie> wrote:
> 
> Dear Linux users group,
> 
> Notwithstanding Antivirus software and Antispyware, I am broken hearted 
> from
> pop ups and spam. I run windows xp on my PC and my laptop. The PC has
> almost ground to a halt because of variious spyware infections which I
> cannot seem to shift. I use MS Outlook for one mail address but I also use 
> a
> web based MS Outlook.
> 
> I have had some success changing to Mozilla Firefox for general browsing 
> but
> the web based outlook doesn't handle well in Mozilla so I am still stuck
> with Internet Explorer.
> 
> For work reasons I must use and share MS Office files and Adobe PDF files. 
> I
> also need to use jpeg and gif files and of course I use real player to 
> play
> Mp3 files.
> 
> Finally, I use a 16 bit application that is connected to a modem on a com
> port. This is a critical application.
> 
> I really dislike windows and would love to change Operating Systems on 
> both
> my laptop and desktop if I could manage it. What course of action do you
> recommend? Will Linux solve my problems and will I be able to run Ms 
> Office
> applications by installing an emulator of some sort?
> 
> Thank you for your help,
> Garrett O' Leary
> 
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