[aclug-L] Re: re compusa and linux applications

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well... compared to MS Word, WP8 for Linux *is* small :-)

WP8 is very small compared to StarOffice, too.

I've seen WP8 run on a 486 laptop quite effectively, too...



On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 11:59:44PM -0500, Michael Holmes wrote:
> On Sat, 27 May 2000, you wrote:
> > WP8 for Linux reads .doc files.
> > I think it reads RTF, too.
> 
> I really need something small, as it is for my laptop
> 
> Mike
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 06:54:26PM -0500, Michael Holmes wrote:
> > > I have been down to the compusa on rock road for at least an hour walking 
> > > the
> > > shelves, and there is not any linux stuff, other than operating systems 
> > > and
> > > word perfect.    I need a small foot print application which will read doc
> > > files.  Or even rtf files.  In fact nobody there understands linux! 
> > > 
> > > 
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