Linux on the Desktop

I'm trying to get the reliability of LINUX on my desktop machines, but must stay compatible with others who are using less reliable systems. This page is a collecting place for products and ideas to that end.
Subject area:
Name Comments
Linux on Laptops A whole site on Linux Desktops
ITWorld Many news letters including Linux_Desktop [ Archive ]
Run MS Office on Linux See ITWorld above
VMWARE Run Windows or real operating systems under LINUX
KDE  
Star Office  
Open Office  
Mozilla  
Netscape  
Opera Free with ads, small price w/o ads.
Cross Over Office CodeWeavers' tool to run Office under LINUX
AbiWord Uses RTF as well as .doc format
http://www.openoffice.org/ Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Business presentations. Reads and write M$ formats. Linux, Solaris, Windows versions
WINE Users discussions at CodeWeavers
Lycoris Linux desktop
Ximian Complete desktop solutions, inexpensive.

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