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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, Day Brown wrote:

> > > Has anyone tried Pathetic Writer?
> >
> > I have.  Twice.  Earlier this year (on BL2) and a couple of
> > years ago (an older version on BL1).  AbiWord is far superior.
> But only available as an .rpm
> I think I need .deb

Yer system uses .deb's?  Why in the heck aren't you using apt-get to get
the stuff you need, then?  It would be slow over dialup, but it's the best
package management system I've come across.

James