Seamonkey combines firefox with the functions found in Thunderbird too. On Fri, 23 Nov 2012, Tim Chase wrote: > On 11/23/12 13:39, John J. Boyer wrote: > > I'm getting sick of dealing with Windows. My business manager is > > agreeable to a switch, using OpenOffice. What is the best Linux distro > > for someone who does mostly wordprocessing, online shopping, email and > > accounting? > > For the basics, I don't think it really makes much of a difference. > For servers, I tend to recommend Debian or CentOS for their > stability. However, for more cutting-edge packages, I'd go with > something kept more up to date. I'd start by recommending a > Debian-based derivative such as Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS, or Mint, since I > find those easiest to maintain (though Fedora-based distros have > also become pretty easy to keep up-to-date--they were just annoying > when I started out with Red Hat about a decade ago). > > Most of the distros should have about the same selection of packages > available, so you can do: > > - Word Processing/spreadsheets with OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice, or > AbiWord/Gnumeric > > - Online shopping: any browser will do, but Firefox, Chrome and > Chromium are all readily available > > - Email: I'm a long-time user of Thunderbird, but KMail, Evolution > (if you need an Exchange back-end), Sylpheed, Pine/Alpine, or mutt > all have their fans > > - Accounting: There's KMyMoney, GnuCash, MoneyDance, and a variety > of other packages, as well as on-line options. > > -tim > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- jude <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Adobe fiend for failing to Flash _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list