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Re: Newbie - Star Office



Or, just download OpenOffice from www.openoffice.org.

I prefer build 638C.  OpenOffice is to StarOffice what Mozilla is to
Netscape 6.  Personally, I find OpenOffice to be at least as stable as
SO5.2, and it has some nifty new features to boot.

Ben

On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 19:06, [email protected] wrote:
> Hmm... I suppose you could use alien to convert it into a DEB and then
> install it with dpkg.  If you have a fast connection (cable or DSL), I
> suggest downloading the regular binary installer from the Sun website
> (http://www.sun.com/staroffice) and using it instead.
> 
> --Rob
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 06:19:17PM -0500, John Barrow wrote:
> > Hi All,  just started to play with Linux and have a Mandrake 8.1 commercial application CD with Star Office 5.2 on it.  I need to use it to access word doc's on my dual boot for work.  Cannot figure out how to open/install,  MS type stuff just click on file and poof there it is!  Yes, Yes, I know, lazy person.  RPM format on CD.
> > 
> > Hi Sarah haven't had a chance to check out info on PPPoe yet.
> > 
> > Cheers
> 
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