New to this list. I should certainly read through some of the archives but I had an issue come up recently that is going to spark this question in my mind, which leads to my fingers, which leads to this email which leads to this list.
First of all, why are there separate versions of OOo for PPC and Intel macs? Can't a Universal Binary be created? Why is the version 3.1.1 not at release status for PPC while it is for intel? It's been 2 months... And the language specific builds on p2p distribution are french and german but not english. No spanish? I digress. The requirements for the mac version on the main website are clearly wrong. It says intel CPU required, when there's a whole separate build with separate languages and versions for PPC vs Intel. It also says 400 megs of HD space when the program itself is slightly more, and the downloaded dmg will take up space before it's deleted. Better to say 500-600 but that's a moot point. Has anyone actually tried running this program with only half a gig of ram? I'm willing to try but 1.25 gigs is already pushing luck. I downloaded a Release Candidate of 3.1.1 for PPC and installed it (Build 9420). It had a curious Ø "Oh with slash through it" indicating the program is not for my architecture. Very Strange. I was certain I'd gotten the PPC version. I launched it. It runs. Everything is fine. After two launches the wrong architecture symbol mysteriously vanished. Other than that, and the fact that it won't print to save it's life (No Printer Found) the program works perfect. All of this said, with very minor nit-picking problems I outlined above, everything is doing great! I would like to volunteer my machine for any purposes needed. I can grant ssh access, and run a tinderbox client. I can test and build, whatever's needed. I will give the machine specs. PowerMac Quicksilver Model Name: Power Mac G4 Model Identifier: PowerMac3,5 Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (2.1) Processor Speed: 800 MHz Number Of CPUs: 2 L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB L3 Cache (per CPU): 2 MB Memory: 1.25 GB Bus Speed: 133 MHz Boot ROM Version: 4.2.5f1 Running Leopard 10.5.8 Developer Tools 3.1.4 It is on 24/7 with a reboot every few days. The CPU time is roughly 75% wasted. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mac-unsubscr...@porting.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: mac-h...@porting.openoffice.org
