Re: OpenOffice

[SigmaX <scottclansman@cwazy.co.uk>]

* Wayne Topa <brittman@capital.net> wrote on 3/23/05 19:57:
> steef(steefvanduin@zonnet.nl) is reported to have said:
> > Wayne Topa wrote:
> > 
> > >Armands Upmalis(mole@one.lv) is reported to have said:
> > > 
> > >
> > >>why U don't want ot download from www.openoffice.org, there U can get 
> > >>newest - 1.1.4! 
> > >>   
> > >>
> > >
> > >Newest is 2.0 Beta, but it takes a bit of work to get it integrated
> > >into Debian.  Thats why there is an OO debian team that does just
> > >that.
> > >
> > >WT
> > > 
> > >
> > 2.0 beta is not too much work
> > tar xfvz the downloaded tar.gz file into something like /foo/foo/RPMS
> > do as # alien -d *.rpm           after having done cd /foo/foo/RPMS
> > and as # dpkg -i --force-overwrite *.deb
> > at last as #  chmod 555 /opt/openoffice.org.1.9.xx/program/soffice
> > works reasonably. allthough i doubt it is a beta. seems more an alpha.
> > 
> > try it out for yourself
> > 
> 
> On a 26K, if I'm lucky, dialup line?  Not on your life.
> I'm too old to wait that long.

Lol;

Well I'm lucky enough to have a 650k (If I'm lucky)
 Satellite connection.  I downloaded the 2.0 beta RPM's and used
 alien to deb-i-fy them.  2.0 is awesome!  It doesn't
 feel much different, but little and big features are hidden
 in there everywhere that they weren't before.

My dad uses 1.1.x & work, but recently
 bought MS Office XP Pro because of
 how much more featured powerpoint
 *was* then Open Office' equivelant.
 If only he had waited a little longer... I'm
 sure he could have made the switch to 2.0
 to save himself 
x hundred dollars.

Cheerio,
    SigmaX