On 1/19/06, Paul Mirowsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chad Smith wrote: > SNIPPET > > > >>> * Cross platform. Run it on Windows or Linux. > > > > Thanks for not putting Mac on your list. Unless you count NeoOffice, > > I wouldn't tell people OOo runs on Mac. > > > > It's one thing to make it run faster, but another not to say anything at > all.
I didn't say it doesn't run, I said I wouldn't tell people it did. There's no point. NeoOffice is a far superior port of OOo than the "official" X11 version. And, btw, OOo X11 *doesn't* run on my Macs because I have Tiger, and OOo won't work without X11 and I have been completely unable to install X11 on my Mac. The only way I've been told to do it is with the install disc for Tiger, and that want to reinstall my operating system. That is something I'm not willing to do in order to get a free office suite, espeically when NeoOffice (which is based on OpenOffice.org, and featured on the OOo website on the Mac OS X download page) runs straight "out of the box" on every Mac I've ever used. NeoOffice is faster, prettier, more Mac-like, and about a billion time easier to install. In my not-so-humble opinion, there is no need for anyone to ever try to install OOo X11 on the Mac. Only if NeoOffice stops being produced, and then it might be worth $79 buck to buy iWork or AppleWorks instead of trying to install X11. Installing X11 on my Mac prior to Tiger was not that difficult. With Tiger, it's all-but-impossible. YMMV. If you're going to force people to install X11 for OOo to work, the least you could do is include instructions on how to get it (especially for all us Tiger users, which is most of the Apple-users out there), or better yet, make it a part of the install package. -- - Chad Smith http://www.gimpshop.net/ Because everyone loves free software!
