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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 21:48:51 -0500
From: Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
Organization: Spectrum Healthcare Services
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To: "K.H. von Kaufmann" <khvk AT user DOT itconsult DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: windows equivalents
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K.H. von Kaufmann wrote:
> 
> I want to move to Linux (or Dr-Dos for that matter);  Anyone know if there
> are Linux equivalents of the following Windows software?
> 
> 1) Word processor like MS-Word (or is there a version of LaTex with GUI).

The predominant word prosessing software are ApplixWare and StarOffice. 
Both are MS Office like.

> 2) Eudora (or something that will use or convert the mailboxes).

Netscape Messenger allows you to interface with POP3 and IMAP mail
servers.  Other character based and graphical based mail clients are
also available.  You also get the mail server!

> 3) WinZip.

Info-Zip is available.  gzip and the -z option of tar will give you
something that's roughly equivalent to PKZip in Windows.  Of course,
WinZip is NOT available for Linux.

> 4) FreeAgent usenet newsreader.

Netscape Messenger allows you to interface with nntp news servers. 
Multiple servers is handled just like in FreeAgent.  Other character
based and graphical based news clients are also available.  You also get
the news server.

> 5) A file conversion utility to convert Word, Excel and other files.

ApplixWare and StarOffice can both canvert from and save to Microsoft
(and other popular) formats.  Microsoft has announced a version of MS
Word for the Linux platform last month (but few news agencies picked it
up, search the MS web site for Linux).  :)

> 6) Sidekick 2.0 personal information manager.

I never used PIM, don't know if one is available.

> 7) A PGP shell.

PGP is available on Linux.  Multiple shells are available too.  Don't
know about them together.

> Failing that is there a reliable way of running Win95/8 software on Linux?

Linux can only run DOS and Windows 3.1 software, not Windows 95
software.

> Also is there a Linux GUI that will run on less than 4Mb of RAM (I have an
> un-upgradable laptop)?

No way.  I ran X Window System in Linux on a 8MB RAM 486/33 with
adequate performance before.  But I believe running X on a 4MB machine
requires a lot of patience.

> Thanks,
> Kenn.

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