[plug] linux only system - need advice

[Chris Cornish]

Staroffice from Sun Micro systems could be the answere to powerpoint dont
know about visio though

Chris
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From: "itmail" <lette at it.net.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 6:33 PM
Subject: [plug] linux only system - need advice


>
> Hi all,
>
> I've finally made up my mind, and I'm going to kill my windows partition
> (currently dual booting windows 2000 and SuSE 7.1)
>
> now the only problems I have with this are my printer, my digital camera
and
> a couple of applications I can't seem to find linux equivilents of (I'm
sure
> someone else has tho )
>
> Firstly my printer - Epson Stylus Colour 580 ***USB ONLY*** (I wasn't
> thinking straight when I bought this) how do I use this? (current kernel
is
> 2.2.18 but I will upgrade to SuSE 7.2 and kernel 2.4.4 as soon as this is
> released) how do I use this? if at all possible?
>
> DIgital Camera - I have a Kodak DC 3200, is it possible to use this
through
> the connection supplied (serial cable) or do I need to buy a Compact Flash
> Card reader? Im thinking of doing this anyway but a temporary solution
would
> mean I could kill windows sooner
>
> As for applications, does anyone know of any Linux Equivilents to Visio
and
> Powerpoint (im sure something compatible with powerpoint is available I am
> however a bit more scepticle about visio)
>
> All advice and information will be most appreciated
>
> TIA
>
> Quintin
>
>
>