Office Software
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However, provided you don't want to get into desktop publishing, it is possible to get quite a bit of office/productivity work done. | However, provided you don't want to get into desktop publishing, it is possible to get quite a bit of office/productivity work done. | ||
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Abiword will work on the Zaurus, depending on distribution, and does a decent job of simpler documents; it needs a distro running X11 (or XQT) | Abiword will work on the Zaurus, depending on distribution, and does a decent job of simpler documents; it needs a distro running X11 (or XQT) | ||
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Softmaker have produced their own packages for the Zaurus, needing a QT based distro like Sharp or Cacko, possibly even some variants of pdaX. | Softmaker have produced their own packages for the Zaurus, needing a QT based distro like Sharp or Cacko, possibly even some variants of pdaX. | ||
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Most software these days is designed to run with 1024x768 screens, and even running them in 800x600 would be difficult, so the Zaurus' 640x480 VGA poses special problems.
However, provided you don't want to get into desktop publishing, it is possible to get quite a bit of office/productivity work done.
Free
Abiword will work on the Zaurus, depending on distribution, and does a decent job of simpler documents; it needs a distro running X11 (or XQT)
Commercial
Softmaker have produced their own packages for the Zaurus, needing a QT based distro like Sharp or Cacko, possibly even some variants of pdaX.
