check out this link


http://linux.tucows.com/suites_default.html


you won't believe the number of good office suites available for linux ;)

best word processor: kwrite
best db app : mysql + php
;)
peace

i totally agree with the php + mysql part but as for kwrite it is still missing some features that people need among them is a good ms offce import filters......


so i think open office is better

MS Office importing should not be a criteria to compare Office suits. I am not defending KWrite in particular, but it is unfair.

unfortunatly its the only featuer people care about.

think about it if you spent years doing work on MS office it's not logical to throw all that away ......

Originally posted by linuxawy1980
think about it if you spent years doing work on MS office it's not logical to throw all that away ......


As a result consider spending some time in re-editing those files to open formats that are gaurnteed to work on any platform in the future.

To rephrase it, spending time in learning opensource software. Or spending time in converting closed source data into open. Is time well spent. You will ensure that both what you have learned and what you have converted will stand the test of time.

That is why, I am irritated by questions about Crossover office or any form of getting MS products to work onto linux.

Originally posted by whirlpool
To rephrase it, spending time in learning opensource software. Or spending time in converting closed source data into open. Is time well spent.


or spend time porting the opensource
application to windows

i know that at least openoffice runs on
windows

if i change my OS i dont have to change all my
apps too !!!

many opensource apps runs on windows
promote those apps, mesh lazem
linux, ya3ni mesh lazem el sharwa kolaha

Originally posted by SYStems

ya3ni mesh lazem el sharwa kolaha

mesh lazem, embrace and extend :)

well some how i don't like doing work twice that's why i prefer my application could open old work even if my new work is saved in other format.......

Originally posted by linuxawy1980
well some how i don't like doing work twice that's why i prefer my application could open old work even if my new work is saved in other format.......

well ... how often do you think you can face
such a problem.

Personally, I never needed to keep a word file
longer then few months

If you are doing anything more serious
you should consider

html / docbook / latex / pdf / ps

Betting on any word processor even an open source
one would be a bad choice

what is docbook?

werner

Originally posted by Heisenberg
what is docbook?


If I understood correctly

docbook, is a markup language for creating
documents.

the definition of this language existed in it's
documentation.

you learn this markup lang, use it to write
a document.
use another tool to transfor this document
to many output formart
pdf , ps or translate it to html !!!

docbook exist in two varieties sgml/docbook
and xml/docbook

forget about sgml docbook

xml and sgml are definitions of markup language
that were used to create the docbook defintion

ya3ni xml tell how to markup
docbook, tell you the meaning of a markup entity
based on how xml says
a tool tranform this document into a more useful
format

i hope i made sense !!!

Is it just me, or do all of SYStems' posts look like he's writing poetry?