Real word processing with Linux

[cnoyes at maui.webo.dg.com (Chuck Noyes)]

Last weekend my 15 year old son, who is a Linux user, was working on
a school paper using MS-Word for Windows. He asked me if Linux had
a real word processor. He told me that he thought vi wasn't a real wp. I
told him that I would ask the Linux group about the
availability *or lack thereof* of a word processor for Linux. So,
is there a real word processor that will run in a Linux environment??
If so, how can I get it?

Thanks,   Chuck