[libreoffice-users] Basic Package of LibreOffice to Download
I noticed the Windows Installer for LibreOffice 3.5.2 is 202MB which takes a while to download. Is it possible to have a lite version of LibreOffice that only includes the word processor and spreadsheet? The other LibreOffice apps I do not use. I understand the windows installer can allow me to pick and choose what apps I want to install, but this is after I have downloaded the big Windows Installer. Daniel -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Basic Package of LibreOffice to Download
To be honest, there is no Lite version. As for choosing not to install a module of LO, I would not do that. It may cause troubles in the long run. On 05/01/2012 09:06 AM, Daniel Morgan wrote: I noticed the Windows Installer for LibreOffice 3.5.2 is 202MB which takes a while to download. Is it possible to have a lite version of LibreOffice that only includes the word processor and spreadsheet? The other LibreOffice apps I do not use. I understand the windows installer can allow me to pick and choose what apps I want to install, but this is after I have downloaded the big Windows Installer. Daniel -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Basic Package of LibreOffice to Download
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12-05-01 09:06 AM, Daniel Morgan wrote: I noticed the Windows Installer for LibreOffice 3.5.2 is 202MB which takes a while to download. Is it possible to have a lite version of LibreOffice that only includes the word processor and spreadsheet? The other LibreOffice apps I do not use. I understand the windows installer can allow me to pick and choose what apps I want to install, but this is after I have downloaded the big Windows Installer. Daniel That's not such a bad idea, and it's not the first time I see this kind of request. Cheers, Fabian - -- - -- Fabián Rodríguez -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: PGP/Mime available upon request Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk+f5P8ACgkQfUcTXFrypNWmfgCdFKDlVbq0BtXMF8t2HazVrHa9 3REAn19fdUhi5wP5yIUM6uS2eDm15iJ3 =Q+Ee -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Basic Package of LibreOffice to Download
On Tuesday 01 May 2012, 06:06:43 Daniel Morgan wrote: Is it possible to have a lite version of LibreOffice that only includes the word processor and spreadsheet? The other LibreOffice apps I do not use. No, there is no lite version. As for the download size: I don't know the exact numbers, but about 80% of the total is common code used by all modules, and the rest is different for each module. So you would end up in having ~85% of the code for a single module - this does not really make sense. I understand the windows installer can allow me to pick and choose what apps I want to install, but this is after I have downloaded the big Windows Installer. This installer is only for cosmetic reasons, I believe. Nino -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Basic Package of LibreOffice to Download
Hi :) No. It is a briliant idea. Possibly better than the idea of having single language versions or an American English and then a language-pack for whichever language, as we have in GnuLinux versions of LibreOffice. I think the problem with the idea of just having 2 modules is that the whole LO Suite is very tightly integrated so there would not really be as much reduction in size as you would expect. There is another Office Suite, sometimes called Gnome Office, which does have separate programs; one AbiWord for wp (7.9Mb) and one Gnumeric for spreadsheets (17.3Mb). http://www.abisource.com/download/ http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/downloads.shtml Gnumeric seems to have a couple of features that Calc doesn't but mostly they lack features and rely on being even faster on even lower spec machines. So they capture a similar niche to Google-docs, except that you have to be online to use Google-docs and Gnome Office installs directly to your hard-drive so you can access it even if you are offline. The OpenOffice download is only 144Mb, which surprised me! I know a lot of work has gone into reducing the size of the code and taking out ancient comments that have mostly become irrelevant. So the code has reduced by about 30%. I guess it's all the extra languages that brings the size back up again. If you have trouble downloading at home is there a friendly cybercafe owner that would allow you to download using their machines? They might appreciate having an alternative to the ridiculously heavy and bloated, expensive malware attraction that people like to call MS Office. Or at a local library or college or something? Some people do produce Dvds containing a lot of extra software and interesting features and add-ons/Extensions. If you are in the USA an excellent one is the NA (North American) Dvd Project. The German community produce another and there is probably at least 1 in Brasil, other community groups probably produce ones too. It's a bit weird getting something like that by snail-mail but you often end up with an attractive package. Regards form Tom :) --- On Tue, 1/5/12, Daniel Morgan monodanm...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Daniel Morgan monodanm...@yahoo.com Subject: [libreoffice-users] Basic Package of LibreOffice to Download To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Tuesday, 1 May, 2012, 14:06 I noticed the Windows Installer for LibreOffice 3.5.2 is 202MB which takes a while to download. Is it possible to have a lite version of LibreOffice that only includes the word processor and spreadsheet? The other LibreOffice apps I do not use. I understand the windows installer can allow me to pick and choose what apps I want to install, but this is after I have downloaded the big Windows Installer. Daniel -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
