OT: Linux and OpenOffice

[Alexander Schreiber]

On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 03:37:22AM -0400, Tony Mori wrote:
> I have a couple apps I want to try, and they seem to be best supported 
> under Linux...
> 
> In that vein, can you guys suggest some distros for me to try? I've not 

My wife has been using various version of Debian and Ubuntu over the
years - not that _that_ mattered to her, since for her pretty much
nothing changed: WindowMaker, Mozilla/Firefox, Sylpheed/Claws, 
OpenOffice was available on all.

Of course, her machine is just a simple client - $HOME comes via NFS,
auth via NIS and various other services (proxy, mailserver, DNS, ...)
just exist somewhere on the home network.

But I suggest you take a look at the current Ubuntu version, it should 
support a reasonable range of hardware and be simple enough to install
(and maintain) for average non-Unix-wizard users.

Regards,
      Alex.
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