On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Kent West wrote:
> Concerning databases: I was trying to find a way to connect to a SQLServer
> database from a Linux client. From responses I've receieved on this list,
> I've decided it can't be done. But until I decided that, I tried PostGresQL
> and couldn't figure out down from up. Again, it's an ease-of-use issue. If
> I had experience of knowledge, perhaps things would have been easier, but
> again, we're talking newbie here.
I "discovered" postgresql a few months ago. There is a GUI frontent you
can use on X: pgaccess that makes it a lot easier to use.
> So, I have no word processor, no spreadsheet, no database, no real games,
> an X system that I don't really understand and can't improve without fear
Have a look at Lyx as a sort of compromise between a wordprocessor and
Latex. As far as spreadsheets go I recently saw a shareware one which
impresses me: XessLite. I has the ability to read .wk? and Excel file.
Johann
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