[GRASSLIST:3734] Re: Linux vs. Windows 2000 port

[Buchan Milne]

I am using grass specifically so I don't have to:

1)pay for licences of ArcView and Mapobjects, which would break our projects budget
and
2)run windows.

If all you NEED windows for is word-processing, I would reccomend you give
OpenOffice.org a try. Included in Mandrake (depends which version, its' on the 3rd
download CD), although a newer one would be better (i have the latest one available
for download on my website, compiled for Mandrake 8.2). Depending on what you are
using for stats, you might find adequate solutions under linux (octave, R, scilab etc).

If you use OpenOffice.org on both windows and linux, at least you have one easy way
of sharing the work you do, so you're always productive.

Buchan

henning-r at web.de, eodoherty at fs.fed.us wrote:
>
>Hi Erin,
>my solution is to run windows under vmware (basicaly for application of
>ArcView).
>If you do not want to by vmware, there should be a pritty stable version of
>wine for office applications (suprisingly). You will find a reference under:
>http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/27/1434240&mode=thread
>Henning
>Am Mittwoch, 22. Mai 2002 19:17 schrieben Sie:
>> I have a dual boot on my PC at home and find it a pain when I want to move
>> GRASS information into Windows (where I do all my word processing, e-mail,
>> and stats).    I have to reboot  to move back and forth (or am I missing
>> something) and I'm too impatient for that.   I think I'll keep the old
>> Pentium 3, and run Mandrake.  Thanks for the tip about display card, I may
>> have to upgrade it.
>>
>> Erin O'Doherty