Re: A few general questions from a Debian newbie
Carl Fink wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 01:09:10PM +0000, Antony Gelberg wrote:
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>>Version 1 has perfectly adequate support for linking to databases.
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> Where you presumably mean "barely usable support if you're already a
> database expert"? At least that's what *I* have.
I meant what I said. We have OGo connecting to a previously-existing
mysql database, for mailshots etc. It works perfectly well. I can only
speak from my experience.
>>In the time that you spent composing that post, you could have searched
>>the list archives and learnt how to install it. I doubt you could have
>>created any impressive documents in that time.
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> Why use a distro if you're going to have to manually install things anyway?
One doesn't *have* to manually install anything. When choosing a
distro, one must realise that you can't have stability *and* the very
latest software versions.
The install of OO2 is incredibly easy for those who want to be on the
bleeding edge and enjoy the latest bugs. Downloading a bunch of files,
running alien, and then dpkg is hardly rocket science. It's documented
in the list archives. Several people have done it successfully.
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