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For those who would, with "support contract": Linux on a /diminished/ box is quite do-able. The support contract is WE who get you going, regardless of OS. RedHat, Suse and Debian are the best shots, but then there's the video board(sic). Slackware's also good, but not so front-end as the others. On the IBM's pay close attention to the VIDEO chips. NeoMagic(sic) is magic for the masses...HTH david On Thu, 21 May 1998, Brian wrote: > 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. >