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Apple Explains How to Run X11 on Mac OS X

Posted by michael on from the having-it-your-way dept.

tuc writes "In this document posted on its Developer Connection, Apple explains how to install X11R6 on Mac OS X, details of the default quartz-wm window manager, how to compile X11 code on Mac OS X, how to install OpenOffice, and the like."

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  1. Re:Reaction to OpenOffice by JJahn · · Score: 5, Informative

    To those who want an aquafied OpenOffice, please check out NeoOffice. They are working to make OpenOffice more MacOS native. Currently, they have removed the need for X11, put in Aquafied menus, and native printer and font support. Sure, its not perfect yet, but its getting there.

  2. I found Abiword to be much easier than OO by sesshomaru · · Score: 5, Informative
    If all you need is a word processor, there's a native version of AbiWord for OSX that seems to work great:

    http://www.abisource.com/

    I could never get OO to work on OS X, though I use it on my Windows Machine.

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