There’s a new Word processing application available called AbiWord. It’s an open source application that has been written to run on almost every major operating sytem without much fuss or stress.
AbiWord is unique among word processors in its drive to become a fully cross-platform word processor. Our source code is carefully written so that AbiWord will run on virtually any operating system with a minimum of time spent on porting. This combined with our support for internationalization (the ability to run AbiWord in many languages) gives AbiWord a massive potential user-base.
Currently we run on most UNIX systems, Windows 95 and later, QNX Neutrino 6.2. We also have a MacOS X native port available. There used to be a BeOS port, but that version has been unmaintained for too long and support for it has been discontinued.
The most interesting component about AbiWord in my opinion is that it runs with plug-ins to give you just the functionality you want and need, without all the overhead of stuff you’re really not interested in fighting through to use.
The screenshot above makes it look like it’s a program that used to run on Windows 3.1, but hey it’s all about simplicity right?
Source: Home Office Voice - AbiWord
