Guest BooYah Posted July 17, 2003 Report Share Posted July 17, 2003 you've said about it being slow. http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/...ndex.html#linux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derxen Posted July 17, 2003 Report Share Posted July 17, 2003 You'd better do what he says. It's quick, has lots of new features including pdf-export, has improved ms-office filters, the gui looks good without the need for changing ui fonts etc, and it hasn't faltered yet in the time i've used it and the beta2 before it. Go on, take it back. derxen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
static Posted July 17, 2003 Report Share Posted July 17, 2003 OOo is yummy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted July 17, 2003 Report Share Posted July 17, 2003 Now, if only someone created an rpm for mandrake so that I can use it.. That juergen fella posted in pclinuxonline that he created an athlon version, but when I went to his web page, it's blank.. grmbl grmbl. :x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 17, 2003 Report Share Posted July 17, 2003 i see permission forbidden response. guess his college server wasn't happy with all the hits :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted July 17, 2003 Report Share Posted July 17, 2003 Busy downloading the tar.gz (on a dial-up, :roll: ). Sounds exciting. I downloaded SOT, but it didn't sum, which really pissed me off. Hopefully this will finally be the answer to my office software woes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
static Posted July 17, 2003 Report Share Posted July 17, 2003 Now, if only someone created an rpm for mandrake so that I can use it.. That juergen fella posted in pclinuxonline that he created an athlon version, but when I went to his web page, it's blank.. grmbl grmbl. :x What do you need an rpm for?? The installer's a beauty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted July 17, 2003 Report Share Posted July 17, 2003 Does the installer install over the default mdk install of 1.0.2 and upgrade it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalee Posted July 17, 2003 Report Share Posted July 17, 2003 Hi, No it won't install over your old OO.o 1.02. It will install in a different directory /opt is the default I believe. You can run both till you are satisfied or not with the release canidate. I think that is why there are no rpms for Mandrake yet. It would cause a conflict with the old version. But like static said, the installer is great!! Super easy! dalee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecs Posted July 17, 2003 Report Share Posted July 17, 2003 You have to uninstall your current version using Mandrake Control Centre > Software Management first. The tar.gz actually works better than the rpm, because OpenOffice is made to have its files stored in its own directories, from where it serves users who have a smaller number of files in their home directory. So you kinda have to install twice, but it ain't hard, the instructions are pretty good. The rpms are built to simplify installing it, and as a result OOo works but not at its best from the rpm. The only trouble with using the tar.gz is that you will have to install the icons yourself then go into Menudrake to build the menus. Actually it isn't difficult, but it takes a while. I have to say, though, it's worth it! I will have to download the new version and uninstall the earlier beta, but I will probably wait until the final release is out. By the way, oooqs will find OOo and add a shortcut to your system tray! Even if you used the tar.gz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooYah Posted July 17, 2003 Report Share Posted July 17, 2003 That juergen fella posted in pclinuxonline that he created an athlon version, but when I went to his web page, it's blank.. grmbl grmbl. I grabbed the pentium version before he they took it down. Unfortuntely it won't work for me becuase it needs glibc2.3 and ihave 2.2 on Mandrake 9.0. If someone wants it, pm me and I'll send it. I imagine someone else here got the anthlon as well. The normal one is fast enough for me, though. i see permission forbidden response. guess his college server wasn't happy with all the hits Yeah, that guy's site was number one on google if you searched "OpenOffice 1.1". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted July 18, 2003 Report Share Posted July 18, 2003 Cool I just wanted to make sure it wouldn't over write my existing version. Since it's just an rc release I don't want to completely remove my existing version. I am grabbin it now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 18, 2003 Report Share Posted July 18, 2003 It's buggy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 18, 2003 Report Share Posted July 18, 2003 It's buggy. it's an RC ;-) go tell OO.org about it :-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 18, 2003 Report Share Posted July 18, 2003 Well, it was much better after I rebooted. (That's a little windowish!) At any rate, it is indeed much faster, and I like all the gui action they added. But it still won't read my mind and type the document I want! :wink: Is that asking too much? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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