Free Office Suite
by Don Singleton
Tulsa Computer Society
From the August 2000 issue of the I/O Port Newsletter
StarOffice 5.2 is now available
for download from Sun
but unless you have a cable modem or ADSL I don't recommend you download it
because it is huge (up to 109MB, depending on language and platform). You
can buy a "Deluxe" version on on CD for $40 and have it mailed
to you.
Sun's "Star Office Suite" is a well-developed, smooth-running, good-looking and
nicely integrated package comprising a word processor and Web-page editor,
spreadsheet, database, calendar and scheduler, presentation maker, drawing and
graphics tools, an E-mail client, newsgroup reader, and a browser.
The Windows version requires:
- PC with Pentium CPU
- Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000
- Recommended 64-Mbytes RAM (Minimum 32-Mbytes)
- 110-Mbytes free hard disk space (170-Mbytes for full installation)
- CD-ROM drive
- VGA or higher resolution graphic device with at least 256 colors (800x600)
There are also versions for Linux and Solaris (SPARC[tm]).
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Tulsa Computer Society 7/10/2000
Don Singleton, President
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