Word processing in linux

[Joseph C. Lininger]

There is a solution available, but it is not really ready for prime time. It 
doesn't support many apps, and it tends to crash a lot.
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Joseph C. Lininger
jbahm at pcdesk.net
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From: "Zachary Kline" <Z_kline at hotmail.com>
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>I was under the impression that Gnome was ready, at least that is the 
>impression I have gotten from listening to things like the review on ACB 
>Radio's Main Menu in 2003.
> Am I mistaken?
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>> Hi Tylor,
>>
>> Hmmmm, well there isn't much you can do right now.  Star Office
>> requires X-Windows, and the Gnome desktop is not ready for prime-time
>> yet.  You could do worse than to learn Emacs and LaTeX.  As for losing
>> the formatting, that's part of the territory.  I'd write all my stuff
>> in emacs, then transfer it to MSWord when I got to school.  You could
>> do the final formatting there.  BTW, formatting has two T's, short
>> vowel and word ending in ING.  Double T keeps the vowel short!
>>
>> Ann P.
>>
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