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From: "Braden, Flash" <cbraden AT visa DOT com>
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: RE: windows equivalents
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 08:59:18 -0700
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If you really hate Microsoft that much, Warp3 runs fine on my 4meg
laptop and it gives me full Win32S compatibility, so I'm sure you can
find a copy gathering dust somewhere.  I don't know about Warp4.

cheers
-Flash->

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> From: 	Robert Sears[SMTP:bobbitchin AT hempseed DOT com]
> Sent: 	Monday, June 29, 1998 7:46 PM
> To: 	K.H. von Kaufmann; opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: 	Re: windows equivalents
> 
> At 02:11 AM 6/29/98 +0100, 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).
> 
> Star Office is just like MS-Office and can read and write Word 6.0 and
> Excel. I think Aplixware from Redhat is an office suite too. Also
> there is
> Word Perfect for Linux.
> 
> >2) Eudora (or something that will use or convert the mailboxes).
> 
> Yes lots of mail readers, worse comes to worse you can use Netscape
> for mail
> 
> >3) WinZip.
> 
> there are zip and unzip utilites out there but I havent found one
> thats a
> simple to use as winzip, but I am sure if you look sombody will have
> one
> 
> >4) FreeAgent usenet newsreader.
> 
> lots of news readers, again there is always Netscape
> 
> >5) A file conversion utility to convert Word, Excel and other files.
> 
> Not really needed with Star Office
> 
> >6) Sidekick 2.0 personal information manager.
> 
> I have seen PIM's but havent tried any
> 
> >7) A PGP shell.
> 
> I think so, I am sure there is PGP for Linux you might have to use the
> command line for that one
> >
> >Failing that is there a reliable way of running Win95/8 software on
> Linux?
> >
> No, at the present time you can run some Win 3.1 apps with Wabi or
> Wine
> 
> >Also is there a Linux GUI that will run on less than 4Mb of RAM (I
> have an
> >un-upgradable laptop)?
> 
> Hmm... I think X-Windows will run but it might be painfully slow?
> 
> 
> 
>