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[joetraffic]

hi
i am a new user,using linux mint. Will linux be able to read any of of ms works documents. Thanks for the hel

[techieMoe]

OpenOffice is the standard office suite on most Linux distributions. It should be able to open, read, and save your Works files, as well as a number of other document formats.

[Thrillhouse]

If you mean .wps files, I know OpenOffice Writer can read them. It may already be installed on your system. If not, you should easily be able to install it. Abiword may also support them but I am not sure.

EDIT: Moe beat me to it.

[joetraffic]

thanks another question sorry i have verizion access manager for broadband. they have no option for a linux os do you know of any drivers that will work or if i call verizion i can get the software for linux?

thanks

[techieMoe]

thanks another question sorry i have verizion access manager for broadband. they have no option for a linux os do you know of any drivers that will work or if i call verizion i can get the software for linux?

thanks

How do you connect to your broadband? Is it just a regular network cable that plugs into a DSL modem or are we talking about a PC-card or USB modem that you have to dial?

If it's just a modem to network cable connection you shouldn't have to do anything special. Linux will just recognize it as a plain ethernet connection. If it's the other two, you'll have to do some work. It's doable, but it's more complicated than just plug in and go.

[joetraffic]

it is a usb modem for a laptop

[techieMoe]

it is a usb modem for a laptop

That's a little more complicated. My fiancee has one of these, and I was able to get it working in Ubuntu using this set of instructions:

Linux.com :: Get broadband wireless with Verizon EVDO and Linux