It'll take me a couple days to download and check out sonar linux and if I can get it working I'll post the version of libreoffice they're using after I check out its accessibility.On Sun, 25 Nov 2012, John J. Boyer wrote: > When I went to the home page for LibreOffice and then to download and > then to rpm 386/64, ehen to english there was only a pre-release > version. A wikipedia article said it was only 5 days old. There is no > information about accessibility. It looks like LibreOffice needs more > time to ripen. > > John > > On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 12:13:24PM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > grml under these criteria is another distro to consider. It's a security > > hardened version of debian. Basic installation gets a command line > > interface and then the installers cn install the other parts needed on top > > of the command line interface. Last time I checked grml was still being > > maintained.On Sun, 25 Nov 2012, Jason White wrote: > > > > > John J. Boyer <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> 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? > > > > > > My suggestion would be to start with a good, well-maintained distribution such > > > as Debian or Fedora, then install the desktop environment and applications of > > > your choice. Others have already made suggestions in regard to those. > > > > > > If you want extra stability, then choose one of the "enterprise" > > > distributions, or a derivative, or Debian stable or even Ubuntu LTS. > > > > > > I think it's better to start by choosing a desktop environment and > > > applications, then a distribution based on its maintenance policy, packaging > > > system and other features. > > > > > > I'd personally choose either Debian or Red Hat/Fedora, or maybe OpenSUSE/Suse > > > (although I haven't had any experience with SUSE in any of its forms). They're > > > the long-term players who have the most experience and expertise from the > > > kernel level through to the application level. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- jude <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Adobe fiend for failing to Flash _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list