On 1/18/06, Chad Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > If TODAY you were to get a new Mac from Apple, with no special requests to > put X11 on it, it will not run OpenOffice.org proper out of the box. It > will, however, run NeoOffice. If you got the new Mac, which would have > Macintosh OS X 10.4.4 on it, and visit the apple.com website, and then > download the X11 they have hosted there - it will not install on Tiger. It > says you have a newer version already installed. If you do, > OpenOffice.org 2.0 does not recognize it. I tested this again today on > the eMac I got just a few short months ago and the OpenOffice.org I > downloaded today and the X11 I downloaded today.\ >
In case you were wondering, here's the page I got X11 from. http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/x11formacosx.html Notice the note: *Note* 10.4 customers can install X11 by using the Tiger DVD installer disk. Which everytime I try to use it, it takes me to the "Install Mac OS X 10.4" setup, and I can't get out of it. I've been unable to locate the X11 installer package on the DVD by itself. The very fact that the end user has to install *ANYTHING* other than OOo when NeoOffice doesn't require anything that's not already there proves my point. This whole conversation proves my point. If it's so good to use X11, why not include the blankety-blank thing in the OOo for Mac installer and make it simple for everyone? -- - Chad Smith http://www.gimpshop.net/ Because everyone loves free software!
