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Wojtek
March 1st, 2003, 22:01
Where can I get some? (gpl or freeware)

www.linuxapps.com has links but, some are dead, some are paid software and some just suck.

I'm mostly interested in an Msn Messenger clone for linux. I have Everybuddy now, but I don't like it's interface, a little buggy, plus I screws my nick everytime it logs in. Any other?

Also, staroffice used to be free, but when I last checked it costed $? weird... Any other MsOffice-like applications for linux?

What are some free-linux-softwares-only sites?
I checked on google and didnt come up with anything interesting.
Bruce
March 1st, 2003, 22:14
You'll find few, if any, sites for linux programs. http://tucows.com would probably be your best bet.

Most everything is already included with the distro though. RedHat comes with 3 discs of just programs.

OpenOffice is still free and available at http://openoffice.org
Wojtek
March 1st, 2003, 22:33
Yes!
I found the CHIP CD (www.Chip.pl) that contains StarOffice 5.1 for linux, Full Version :)

How to mount my cdrom now?

mount /dev/xxx /cdrom
xxx = ?


Also, I found this site:
http://msn.CompuCreations.com/

It says I need WISH.
What is WISH and how do I get it?
Ben
March 1st, 2003, 23:02
http://www.freshmeat.net
Daniel
March 1st, 2003, 23:03
Couldn't you use GAIM to connect to MSN? I did...
Wojtek
March 1st, 2003, 23:10
Daniel, Whats GAIN?

Tnx ben, im browing it right now.


What about cdrom mounting?
Jan
March 1st, 2003, 23:21
Originally posted by Wojtek
I'm mostly interested in an Msn Messenger clone for linux.
http://amsn.sourceforge.net/
Daniel
March 1st, 2003, 23:27
GAIM is a program...

Usually it comes bundled with the latest versions of Red Hat and Mandrake and some others.

What distro you running?

http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
Wojtek
March 1st, 2003, 23:36
I alredy got Jan's thing working!
God I love it :p



*wonders how to mount cdrom*
Daniel
March 2nd, 2003, 00:24
mount dev/dev2 /cdrom

Replace dev2 with whatever device your cdrom is.
Wojtek
March 2nd, 2003, 01:08
Originally posted by Daniel
mount dev/dev2 /cdrom

Replace dev2 with whatever device your cdrom is.
Yes, that I knew, check 3rd message from top,

but I mean how should I know what to replce dev2 with?
Daniel
March 2nd, 2003, 01:24
What IDE cable your cdrom is on...

Harddrive is usually dev1, cdrom may aswell be dev2.
dsgdevil
March 2nd, 2003, 01:40
i like to use msn on GAIM mor than AMSN
notnamed
March 2nd, 2003, 15:45
Yeah I use GAIM...but only with those horrible AIM graphical (graphic?) smilies turned off :p
[edit]
http://download.com also detects your OS from your browser's UserAgent string, if you go there while logged into a linux box there's a collection of software there.
manni
March 3rd, 2003, 07:57
Old StarOffice 5.1 isn't what we espect from full featured Office suite nowadays. OpenOffice.org is based on StarOffice but it's being developed. New StarOffice 6 is based on OpenOffice.org but there are no big differences expect clipart and database. If you don't need database, OpenOffice.org has everything you need.