"Steve R. Hastings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have a 486 with less than 1 GB total HDD space (on three HDDs). Is > > there still an older, smaller, desktop-free version of StarOffice > > around? I'd actually mainly need the StarWriter component. > > I suggest you look at AbiWord. It is small and fast, and it would be my > first choice on a 486. > > http://www.abiword.com/
Is AbiWord now stable enough to be useable? > Do you have a really fast Linux (or other UNIX) computer on the network > somewhere? If so, you could just use the 486 as an X "thin client" and > let the fast computer actually run StarOffice. All you would really run > on the 486 is the X server. If you need features that AbiWord doesn't > have, you might want to try this. Very nice idea, but it's a stand alone-machine. > Here is a review of several Linux word processors; maybe you can find > what you need here. > > http://www.linuxcare.com/products/prodmore.epl?PRODUCT_GROUP=Word+Processors > > Good luck! > -- > Steve R. Hastings "Vita est" > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blarg.net/~steveha Thank you. -- Andre Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
