Re: A few general questions from a Debian newbie

[Mark Grieveson]

OpenOffice 2.0 is an important piece of software...added 
OpenOffice.org 2, to their updates repository shortly after it's 
release...it likely will drive choice of distribution/version

I'm pretty tired of reading about OpenOffice 2.0.  I still prefer 
WordPerfect 6.1, to be honest, and it was released years ago.  What is 
it with Linux word processors that they can't have a grammar check?  
Heck, WordPerfect 6.1 was released ages ago with one.  But I digress.  
To my main point:  I'm a desktop user, not a programmer, and I had no 
problem installing the "oh-so-special" OpenOffice 2.0 on my 
Sarge-running computer.  So, my question is, what is all this fuss 
about?  Installing OpenOffice 2.0 on Sarge is a breeze.  Stop whining 
about nothing.

And now back to my first digression:  I realize that Abiword's latest 
has a grammar check (coincidentally, I also had no problem installing 
the latest Abiword on Sarge, which means anyone could install it, the 
newest of the new, on Sarge).  However, it fell far short of WordPerfect 
6.1's Grammatik (released just as mankind was picking up sticks and 
learning to beat the Monolith, I believe).  Likewise, Diction, a Unix 
tool, has been around forever; so, why do Linux word processors not have 
something that Windows word processors have had since mankind first 
realized the significance of having an opposable digit?


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