Peter Paluch wrote: > 1.) There is not even one (!) word processor which is able to export the > documents in MS Office97 format and is working properly with Slovak locale > in XWin.
You don't need to blame, nor Debian, nor Linux in general, that M$Office is being used at your office. If they want you to use M$Office (and apparently, they do), then blame your employer if you don't agree with him. This is nothing personal, but I see people pointing to that so-called disadvantage of the products current available on Linux platforms, but they're pointing to the wrong people. If someone wants to have a M$Office compatible thing on Linux, go out and write it. Don't blame others for not writing it. > 2.) I can't use TeX or similar because in that PC magazine they're using > just MS products. See above. > 3.) I was unable to set up Slovak keyboard properly. I downloaded XWin > 3.3.3. sources and compiled it and it worked with the same settings and same > keyboard flawlessly! > > A friend of mine, using RedHat 5.2, laughed at me when I told him that we in > Debian do not have even 3.3.3 when there is 3.3.3.1 out! I felt that time > very uncomfortable. There is no `competition' between RedHat and Debian on this point. If you feel better having the latest versions of software available, without caring about other things, I don't think Debian will suffice for you. Debian strives after other matters, like stability and security. I don't want to start another holy war, but Debian and RedHat just differ from each other on some points. > So until XWin 3.3.3.x appears in Debian distribution East-Europeans will > have big problems getting their international support and locales working in > XWin and I think it is a big pitty. I am, truly said, angry about it. Just > explaining my feelings, please do not take it as offence. I simply can't > stand the feeling that Linux can't do something that Windows can. > > I understand it is not so easy to administer and package such huge thing as > XWindow, however, this disfunctionality should be at least treated as bug. It is not a bug in 3.3.2, it is a feature in 3.3.3. So I don't agree with you. But I *do* see your point, and I'm sorry for you that it most likely won't be resolved in the upcoming (2.1, slink) Debian release. I don't know if your problem will be resolved if you put the latest X11 server (3.3.3.1) in place of your current X11 server, I doubt it. I think the 'bug' is in some library. You might want to checkout the 3.3.3.x X11 Debian packages when they are available for testing in the `potato' Debian archive. Regards, -Remco
