[users] Re: Libreofice better than OpenOffice
Am Dienstag, 6. September 2011 02:44 schrieb Doug: On 09/05/2011 06:14 PM, upscope wrote: On Monday, September 05, 2011 10:16:04 AM Debdipta Ghosh wrote: /snip/ It remains to be seen wher Apache goes with OpenOffice. Either are better in my mind since they are free and are not made by MS. Free is nice, but I would cheerfully pay for WordPerfect if they still made a Linux version! (The old version I have won't run under the modern Linux. The disk is copyright 2004.) You could set up an debian brontosaur from the debian archives in a virtual machine and install your old WP there. Then use it on the virtual console or over a X11 remote session. This is one of the benefits of open OS. Try to get a Windows 3.11 to run some piece of stoneage software. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, -- Klaus Muth HAGOS eG Industriestr. 62 fon: (+49) 711 78805-7086 EDV-Programmierung 70565 Stuttgart fax: (+49) 711 78805-957035 http://www.hagos.deGermany mailto:m...@hagos.de HAGOS Verbund deutscher Kachelofen- und Luftheizungsbauerbetriebe eG Sitz: Stuttgart Rechtsform:Genossenschaft Registergericht: Stuttgart GnR 77 Vorstände: Guido Eichel, Ralf Tigges Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Thomas Müller USt.-ID-Nr.: DE 147799748 -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Libreofice better than OpenOffice
2011/9/5 Debdipta Ghosh debdipta1...@gmail.com: Hi, I am a Linux user and a great believer of open source software and its development. I have been using Openoffice since 2006. But currently I found a new OSS LibreOffice which is much more better than open office. Such as Open office takes more time to open than Libreoffice When I first tried LibreOffice I timed that, and on my computer OpenOffice.org was quicker. I haven't done that recently though, so maybe things changed since. OpenOffice hangs more than Libreoffice Neither of them hang on my system, but LibreOffice crash sometimes. Fronts are better in LibreOffice Both use the system fonts on my machine. LibreOffice is more user friendly. None of them are user friendly if you ask me. But none of them are terrible either. Thanking you, Debdipta Shouldn't this have been posted to the LibreOffice user's list, rather than here? Kind regards Johnny Rosenberg ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Libreofice better than OpenOffice
On 9/5/2011 4:00 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: None of them are user friendly if you ask me. But none of them are terrible either. User Interface (UI) rules: No UI Is obvious or easy to a new user. Software should be such that one can to learn it without too much pain. Once learned, it should be hard to forget how to use it. An experienced user of similar software should not need a manual to do usual and common tasks. New versions should NOT have gratuitous or unnecessary changes from earlier versions. I would call any program whose UI satisfies these as user friendly. And I think OO.o and LO both satisfy these fairly well. I used MS Office on Windows 3.1 because my publisher paid me to do so. I had later version of MSO because I could get them free through the University where I taught. I used, and preferred StarOffice on Linux before Sun bought it, I used OO.o from the earliest days, and switched to LO when the Oracle bought Sun and screwed things up. I can't really say OO.o is better or worse than LO, but I don't use OO.o because Oracle has made it difficult for everyone. I believe LO has some features that OO.o doesn't. I have not had LO crash or freeze. David -- nil significat nisi oscillat do wop, do wop, do wop. -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Libreofice better than OpenOffice
On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 16:18 -0400, David B Teague sr wrote: I used OO.o from the earliest days, and switched to LO when the Oracle bought Sun and screwed things up. I can't really say OO.o is better or worse than LO, but I don't use OO.o because Oracle has made it difficult for everyone. I believe LO has some features that OO.o doesn't. I have not had LO crash or freeze. David -- nil significat nisi oscillat do wop, do wop, do wop. bg: Can you readily sum up the necessary steps for migrating from Open Office to LibreOffice? Principally the gotchas? But also the means of preserving the docs - I assume the file formats are identical or practically so...? Thanks, Brewster -- *** Embrace a progressively tolerant multicultural community of sustainable social-justice-centered harmonically sharing low-carbon diversity. *** W. Brewster Gillettb...@fdi.usPortland, OR USA *** Simply because you don't like to hear it, that doesn't make it untrue. *** -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Libreofice better than OpenOffice
On Monday, September 05, 2011 10:16:04 AM Debdipta Ghosh wrote: Hi, I am a Linux user and a great believer of open source software and its development. I have been using Openoffice since 2006. But currently I found a new OSS LibreOffice which is much more better than open office. Such as - Open office takes more time to open than Libreoffice - OpenOffice hangs more than Libreoffice - Fronts are better in LibreOffice - LibreOffice is more user friendly. Thanking you, Debdipta Actually there should not be much difference between the two as LibreOffice is a branch of openOffice that occured about the time Oracle took over OpenOffice. I have used LibreOffice since it came out and OpenOffices future was not yet determined. I have not had any trouble opening anything created in OpenOffice on LibreOffice. It remains to be seen wher Apache goes with OpenOffice. Either are better in my mind since they are free and are not made by MS. -- Russ -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Libreofice better than OpenOffice
On 9/5/2011 4:28 PM, Brewster Gillett wrote: On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 16:18 -0400, David B Teague sr wrote: I used OO.o from the earliest days, and switched to LO when the Oracle bought Sun and screwed things up. I can't really say OO.o is better or worse than LO, but I don't use OO.o because Oracle has made it difficult for everyone. I believe LO has some features that OO.o doesn't. I have not had LO crash or freeze. David -- nil significat nisi oscillat do wop, do wop, do wop. bg: Can you readily sum up the necessary steps for migrating from Open Office to LibreOffice? Principally the gotchas? But also the means of preserving the docs - I assume the file formats are identical or practically so...? Thanks, Brewster Brewster, The native file formats for LO and OO.o are identical: ODT, etc. I did not perceive much difference between the user interfaces except that there were a few more things I could do with LO. If you need to know the differences, I believe there are web sites that compare LO and OO.o. Google search is your friend there. Installation: I suggest you read the installation instructions on the LO site, and read the release notes. I deleted OO.o using the W7 control panel applet. This won't do anything to existing files generated by OO.o. I understand this leaves the personal profile from OO.o that will be used by LO. I then fetched LO from their web site. Be careful to get the one without Java. My experience has been that the version of Java in the installers for LO and OO.o is been out of date, so I think it is better have your own version. Then I installed LO. You will have to decide during installation what file formats will be opened by LO. Make sure the new installation knows about the Java installed on your system. If you have extensions on OO.o look on the LO site for the corresponding extensions and install them. I recall that the import PDF extension is necessary for OO.o to export PDF files and to generate hybrid pdf/odt files readable by pdf readers and able to be edited by OO.o. I note that it is installed on my LO, but I don't recall having installed it. So if this function is important to you, be sure you have that extension installed for LO. I had no problems and no glitches but your mileage may vary. I believe what I say here is accurate, but if anyone spots an error in what I said here, please post a correction. Warmest Regards --David Teague -- nil significat nisi oscillat do wop, do wop, do wop. -- nil significat nisi oscillat -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[users] Re: Libreofice better than OpenOffice
On 09/05/2011 06:14 PM, upscope wrote: On Monday, September 05, 2011 10:16:04 AM Debdipta Ghosh wrote: /snip/ It remains to be seen wher Apache goes with OpenOffice. Either are better in my mind since they are free and are not made by MS. Free is nice, but I would cheerfully pay for WordPerfect if they still made a Linux version! (The old version I have won't run under the modern Linux. The disk is copyright 2004.) --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
