Linux-Hams archive - April 1998: Re: StarOffice etc. for Linux

Re: StarOffice etc. for Linux

Brett & Charlyn (whsr.iamw@narvik-energi.no)
Tue, 07 Apr 1998 21:14:39 -0700

Jochen Kmietsch wrote:
> Hello David !
> On 07-Apr-98 David A. Cooley wrote (concerning Re: StarOffice etc. for Linux):
> I'm sure StarOffice is a great package, but who has the time on a dial-up
> connection to download 45 MB for one file ? (And hope it has no errors and
> compiles fine)

I dunno, I downloaded my copy over a 33.6 modem...It took a few hours,
but I just let it grind away in the middle of the night. I used "ncftp"
on Linux so that if something happened in the middle of the download, I
could piece it together from where it left off. BTW, it did stop
somewhere in the mid 20's, so I restarted it, and the patched-together
pieces still installed just fine.

That being said, my personal preference for ascii text editing is VI
(VIM/ELVIS, etc), and JED/XJED for editing source code (syntax
highlighting is nice even for people who program all the time!)

There's my two bits.
73,

Brett Mueller, KB5CDX
Pilot Rock, Oregon USA