Re: Using Linux on a Family PC

From: Jacob S. (stormspotter_at_6texans.net)
Date: 07/07/04

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    On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 16:21:43 +0200
    "Felix C. Stegerman" <quix@free.fr> wrote:
    >
    > I remember WP 5.1. That was fast. I haven't used it for a long time
    > though, so I can't really remember much of the advanced functionality.
    > My dad (note that my real dad and stepdad are different peoply, and my
    >
    > real dad does know a lot about computers since he's a sysadmin) still
    > uses WP 5.1 regularly. Unfortunately he doesn't use Linux, but his
    > company does use (dare I say this?) SCO UNIX. (which I believe they
    > bought before SCO was taken over by Caldera though).

    Well, if old versions aren't a problem... They did release WordPerfect
    8.x for Linux a long time ago. I used to have a cd of it around here.
    Not sure how easy it would be to find for download. Note, however, that
    it requires some old libraries to work properly.

    HTH,
    Jacob 

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