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 Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 2:07 am Post subject: Good apps... |
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Adium looks to be a very nice IM client. I had compiled GAIM on my son's mini (and was figuring I would do the same on my system)...however, Adium will probably fullfill that role.
NeoOfficeJ is a native OS X port of OpenOffice. Haven't played with it in depth as of yet...but from what I've seen so far, I LIKE IT!
Compiling Gimp2 right now. Once that is completed, it's time to see how World of Warcraft plays on this thing! 
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 9:28 am Post subject: |
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I used Adium for a little while and ended up buying Proteus. Dunno why, maybe it looked a little better to me.
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| nalenb wrote: | | I used Adium for a little while and ended up buying Proteus. Dunno why, maybe it looked a little better to me. |
Did you try out GAIM before purchasing Proteus??
(I almost always use GAIM...however, Adium is a VERY good replacement from what I've seen so far...)
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No I haven't tried Gaim on any platform. I read really good reviews of Proteus (and Adium) and nothing much about Gaim. I installed Proteus and was happy enough to stop looking. Also anything under $30 seems pretty much free to me.
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bubba
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| No video support for iSight means sticking w/ iChat. |
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jase
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Abiword seems to be a halfway decent word processor. I haven't had a chance to use it
extensively yet, but the basic features I need are there. Bonus for being freeware. |
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nalenb
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I had trouble doing tables on Abiword for Windows about 6 months ago. Other than that it was pretty good, just feels a little non-native.
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| jase wrote: | Abiword seems to be a halfway decent word processor. I haven't had a chance to use it
extensively yet, but the basic features I need are there. Bonus for being freeware. |
I installed NeoOfficeJ (the OS X port of of the OpenOffice project). Very nice so far.
(BTW, I'm just finishing up setting up my wife's new 17" G5 iMac! VERY nice)
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