[openbeos] Re: OpenBeOS Software Availability
- From: Alan Fisher <abbadon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 09:02:07 +0000
on Monday, March 24 2003, 04:42:51 you wrote:
>Alex?
>
>Sorry to be a nuisance but as all this is very new to me would you advise I
>download BeOs R5 Personal Edition or
>download OpenBeOs as I would like to keep Windows (due to work previously
>done and required from time to time)
>but at the same time look at the alternatives.
>
Open BeOS isn't likely to be finished for a while, so for the moment at least
Personal Edition is your only real option. I personally would recommend
getting the "max edition" which is basically personal edition with just about
every driver going for it and a load of bundled apps. Again, visit BeBits.com
and type "Max Edition" in the search option. Please note that you will need
a certain amount of free space on your hard disk (ie you'll need it
partitioning) to be able to install BeOS on it.
>Nev
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Alexander G. M. Smith" <agmsmith@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 10:47 AM
>Subject: [openbeos] Re: OpenBeOS Software Availability
>
>
>> Nev Kent wrote on Mon, 24 Mar 2003 09:36:14 +0800:
>> > Do you know what software is available for openbeos as my
>> > understanding is that Windows based software won't run under
>> > openbeos eg Corel Draw, Excel and that sort of thing
>>
>> OpenBeOS is being designed so that the existing BeOS applications will
>work on it.
>>
>> Gobe Productive does word processing, spreadsheets and vector drawing (and
>some bitmap editing too) all in one program, and with fair compatability
>with MS Office files. Unfortunately it hasn't been updated recently and the
>company has gone out of business. There may also be some of the other
>open-source office packages available for BeOS depending on porting efforts.
>>
>> The main download site is http://www.bebits.com/ for everything (demos of
>commercial software, shareware, freeware, etc) so you can get an idea of
>what's available by looking at its categories.
>>
>> - Alex
>>
>>
>
>
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