Something that can open .doc files

Ben Pfaff blp@cs.stanford.edu
16 Jan 2002 22:23:24 -0800


Mike Szumlinski <szumlins@msu.edu> writes:

> I just moved my G4 home from work because I found it much more useful
> there. That leaves me with nothing but my FreeBSD desktop as my work
> machine now. Anyone know anything that is an easy port install that can
> open office files? I dont' care about being able to save back to them,
> just to open attachments and the like from bosses and stuff.

Debian has: abiword, wv, antiword, catdoc, ted (for RTF),
siagoffice, and word2x.  Try one of those.