[geeks] Desktops

[Kurt Huhn]

> you have a HUGE choice of editors on unix.  and they *ALL* kick the shit out
> of any editor you can find for winders.

That's almost true - I use vi and emacs on winders when I'm forced to
use that OS for some reason.

> > OpenOffice would/will replace the need for Excel.  I keep hearing good
> > things about Maxima as a replacement for Mathematica, but I haven't gotten
> > it up-and-running as most of the LISP dependencies expect IRIX 5.x instead
> > of 6.x, and, sadly, a lot has changed between the two.
> 
> ok, so there are definitely options out there.   as long as you avoid IRIX. :)
> 

GNUmeric works on Irix - most of the time...
-- 
Kurt
kurt at k-huhn.com
Editor: "We need a new food critic, someone who doesn't immediately
poo-poo everything he eats." 
Homer: "Naw, that usually takes a few hours."