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Informatics: Suse Linux Office Desktop [Review]

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 25, 2003

“This is SuSE’s first stab into the competitive Linux desktop
market, and is fundamentally SuSE Linux 8.1 Personal with the
latest set of patches and some extras. You get Star Office 6,
Crossover Office and Plugin, plus Acronis OS Selector.

“Star Office is fully compatible with Microsoft Office formats,
while the Crossover software lets you install Office. It also
supports Lotus Notes and enables many Windows web browser plug-ins
to work in their Linux equivalents.

“Acronis’ software also lets you repartition and resize
partitions, including NTFS. Installation is straightforward with a
number of customisation options…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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