Subj : Re: Is (Redhat) Linux just a cheap version of Windows?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : RoyalHeart
Date : Fri Sep 03 2004 12:43 pm

Larry I Smith wrote:

> OpenOffice (OO) is the Open Source version of StarOffice.
> OO comes with most linux distro's.

I've tried moving the novel from StarOffice to OpenOffice 1.1.0. 
However, OO insisted on mangling the references in several of the page 
styles whenever I opened the SO format file into OO. This appears to be 
a bug in OO Windows version, I'm not sure. (Opening it in OO then 
immediately saving it (as test.sdw) in SO 5.0 format, then opening the 
test file in SO reveals the same changed header references.)

The other feature I love in SO is the "start page" so to speak. When I 
launch SO I am presented with a window that contains links to documents 
I frequently use, including a few databases and spreadsheets containing 
data from them. OO presents me with a blank page and no option to links 
to it (that I could find). Having to "File | Open | [browse for file]" 
routine got old quickly whenever I wanted to open a file that was not on 
the MRU list.

(Side note: I never could get OO to link to those databases after a few 
days trying (yes, I read the on-line help).)

> I would recommend "SuSE Professional Linux" v9.1 to
> replace your Win-98; its GUI looks and operates much
> like Win-98.  It's available at many computer stores
> (Best Buy, CompUsa, Fry's, etc) or can be ordered
> on-line from SuSE.

Thank you for the recommendation. I will consider it.

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