What Is The Linux Version Of ...

[James Knott]

Christopher Browne wrote:
> On 3/28/07, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> John Vetterli wrote:
>> > On Tue, 27 Mar 2007, Christopher Browne wrote:
>> >> As followup to one of the discussions that came up yesterday at the
>> >> board meeting, I set up the following wiki page:
>> >> http://gtalug.org/wiki/LinuxVersionOf
>> >> It seeks to answer the question:  "What is the Linux Version of ..."
>> >
>> > I don't use it myself, but isn't KOffice a valid alternative to MS
>> > Office?
>> >
>>
>> I suspect OpenOffice is a better comparison.
>
> For newcomers, "slavish similarity" is likely more suitable, and OO
> definitely aims more at that...
>
> It's worth observing that there are totally different approaches, such
> as with TeX/LaTeX, which is "GUIed" as Lyx.  I'd much rather write a
> book using LaTeX than using any sort of emulation of MS Word,
> personally.
>
> But yeah, the "slavish similarity" approach probably provides simpler
> answers for newcomers who are afraid they won't have any applications
> to work with.
One nice thing about OO is that it's available for Windows, which makes 
it easier to wean someone off the MS lock in.


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