Is this something a Linux user new to illumos should try, or is it best saved for later when I've got my feet wet (aka like CRUX Linux or Slackware)?
-Adam On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Jerry Kemp <[email protected]> wrote: > Downloading now. > > Thank you for your efforts Peter. > > -=- > > Aside from some reading, I really haven't played with LibreOffice. Are > there any feature that they have developed that are not in the > OpenOffice fork? Or maybe some licensing advantage? > > At lest at this time, I am not certain what LibreOffice provides that > OpenOffice does not, aside from another fork? > > -=- > > I'm also interested in the alternate desktops. I had good luck with > WindowMaker on Solaris probably 10 or 11 years ago. > > > Jerry > > On 12/16/12 12:55 PM, Garrett D'Amore wrote: > > This is great work Peter. I look forward to having a chance to play > with your results in the future. > > > > - Garrett > > > > On Dec 16, 2012, at 10:37 AM, Peter Tribble <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Tribblix being a part-time hobby project means that progress tends > >> to come in fits and starts, but I am moving along. > >> > >> Milestone 2 of Tribblix is based directly on Illumos. It was based > >> on Illumos before, of course, but by proxy. Now I'm generating the > >> packages that come from illumos-gate directly from my build, rather > >> than repackaging bits that OI have built. I'm still dependent on OI > >> for the remainder of the base OS (things like libxml, for example, > >> and the whole of the X11 consolidation comes from OI). > >> > >> That's the major change in Milestone 2. There are minor fixes, and > >> a few new and updated packages. > >> > >> http://www.tribblix.org/ > >> > >> In parallel, I've been trying to get LibreOffice going. I can now get it > >> built and installed. (It's clear that others have trodden this path > >> before me, I just lift patches from posts to mailing lists that I can > find > >> via Google.) Unfortunately, it exits during startup and I need to > >> look into that more closely. A first attempt at version 4 indicates > >> there's a lot more pain ahead. > >> > >> I'm keeping a keen eye on other lightweight desktops. E17 builds > >> with very little effort, and the full E17 release is just around the > >> corner. It would be nice to have LXDE and awesome available as > >> well. I'm still looking for a viable graphical login manager. > >> > >> -- > >> -Peter Tribble > >> http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ > >> > >> > > > ------------------------------------------- > illumos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now > RSS Feed: > https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/23587090-93bb4910 > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
