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Ray Bay wrote:
>
> I've decided to use Unix on my new laptop...
Excellent choice ;)
> but have never used it on a laptop or for personal use.
...
> Can someone recommend a unix-compatible word processor, communications
> software, spreadsheet, and database for me to start off with.
I run Linux on my desktop and my Thinkpad 755, and highly recommend
it as the PC-UNIX
platform of choice. As far as word processors, Corel has released
WordPerfect for UNIX,
you can get a free trial version (the full product will cost you)...I'd
also
recommend you check out StarOffice - an office suite (very similar in
look
and feel to M$ Orifice) for Linux which is (last I checked) free for the
personal use -
it's available from http://www.stardivision.com
As you probably know, there's a lot of comm software available, I'd
need some more
info on what you're looking to do before (ppp, null modem direct, etc)
making a
recommendation, but offhand I've used minicom, dip, slirp, chat, and
pppd for various
connection tasks - some combination of those may be just what you're
looking for.
Likewise, there are a number of free databases for Linux, I can't say
I've had any
significant experience with any of them (unfortunately I've been stuck
with Access in
the past :) )
-Brian
--
Never trust an operating system you don't have the source code for.
Linux + Open Source -- because software is like sex...
it's better when it's free.