Benjamin Ashton wrote:
> Hmmm....
>
> I'm afraid my love affair with Linux is beginning to wane.
>
> After finding that the spellcheck in OpenOffice was failing to work
> (despite Hunspell being apparently installed), and that the OoHelp
> was giving me blank pages, I decided to install Abiword. This
> looked promising until I tried to Print or PrintPreview whereupon
> Abiword self-destucted into nothingness.
>
> I'm running Zenwalk 6.0
>
> My wife's needs are to be able to run a basic wordprocessor, do
> emails and internet. These would, I would have thought, be pretty
> universal requiremants. The fact the Zenwalk can't seem to be able
> to do this is worrying.
>
> Is it now time to give up on Linux and 'ask Bill'?
Why are you using GNU/Linux at the moment, and what was your
motivation to move to it originally?
Bill would love to have you, but do read the eula. Did you hear that
thousands of users (of another product) signed away their immortal
soul? Yes really. At least read what you are agreeing to.
The choice exists. I trust it will continue to exist for as long as
you need it.
Link
Video-game shoppers surrender their immortal souls
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/16/video-game-shoppers.html
--
alan cocks
Ubuntu user
