[CLUE-Talk] would like to try Linux

[Timothy C. Klein]

One thing I forgot to mention earlier.  For reading MS Office documents,
StarOffice or OpenOffice is capable, and does an ok job.  But it is not
perfect  -- no competing office package can be, MS makes sure of that.

If you are really picky and/or demanding, and the minor glitches in
StarOffice were causing problems, you can also do one of two things:
Try to get WINE running and see if you can run MS Office.  Or, go the
easy route and buy the CrossOver Office version of Wine from CodeWeavers
(http://www.codeweavers.com).  You then can use MS Office in Linux.

So these days, MS Office lock-in shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Of course, once you are up and running Linux, you should do everything
possible to ditch MS Office ;-)

Tim

* Walter Hildebrandt (hildy at totalspeed.net) wrote:
> I would like to learn how to get and use Linux for word processing, spreadsheets, and the Internet.  The files must be interchangeable between Linux and Microsoft,Word and Excel.  Where can I get help?  I am completely new to Linux.  I have used computers for 15 years or so and have no programming experience
> 
> I am considering getting a used computer so I do not have to use, and maybe foul-up, my present computer.  What is the minimum specs to use for the "Linux" computer that will do the job very well?
> 
> Hildy
> 
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