Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO updates for Ubuntu 10.04
Tom, Thanks for the note. I was concerned that the Ubuntu Update Manager never seems to have LO updates. I like to stay current, but I also want to stay stable. So I'll wait and hopefully when things are sorted out there will be an update. Dave, On Monday, September 26, 2011 11:15 AM, Tom tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) The 3.3.2 has fairly long term support so there is no problem with staying with it. The newer features are mostly in the 3.4.x branch but then that tends not to have the stability/support and might need upgrading much more often. The 3.4.3 apparently gives the best of both but like you i'm sticking with the 3.3.2 for now. You can install by downloading and installing outside of your package manager . You can have 2 or more instances of LibreOffice installed on the same machine but this guide helps avoid the problems that are likely to arise with that. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel Regards from Tom :) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/LO-updates-for-Ubuntu-10-04-tp3369398p3370158.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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 -- dave boland dbola...@fastmail.fm -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... -- 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] Re: LO updates for Ubuntu 10.04
Hi :) I think the original poster was just curious why there haven't been any updates but i'm not entirely certain. A lot of people prefer to stay with the repos and rarely even use ppas let alone installing directly from unfamiliar websites. It's good to have the choice :) I'm happily staying with the 3.3.2 in the ppa :) Regards from Tom :) --- On Tue, 27/9/11, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: From: webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO updates for Ubuntu 10.04 To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Tuesday, 27 September, 2011, 0:50 Are you running 32 or 64 bit version of Ubuntu? Desktop or laptop? Does not really matter, but it would be nice to know. I use Ubuntu 10.04, 64-bit, as my default desktop. I run 3.4.1 right now, but will be going to 3.4.3 soon. I just download the files I need from LO and install it using the terminal. There is an easy to use set of instructions on the LO site. It takes a few minutes to download the files with broadband. Then I extract them. I rename the main folder to ease my typing needs. Then I use the sudo dpkg -i *.deb command in the DEBS folder, and then again in the sub-folder there. I do the same for the help-pack I use. Take maybe 5 minutes after the download is completed. This is the link to the install instructions using the Terminal http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/installation/linux/ If you do not know where it is, go to ApplicationsAccessories. Is there any reason that you cannot do this on your system? Some people have trouble using Terminal, but it gets easier the more you use it. I never used Terminal till I stated using Ubuntu [9.x] early last year. Then 10.04 came out and I went to it. My monitor has issues with 11.04, so I have not updated to it yet. On some of the systems I have dealt with for myself and mostly for others, I placed 3.3.3 and then 3.3.4 on them. My default laptop dual-boots with Vista and Ubuntu 10.04. Windows I have 3.3.3 on it, while I have 3.4.1 on the Ubuntu boot. I have not updated either, since I rarely use the laptop, and do not have the time to update the laptop with all the updates that are out there for my used free software. Sometime soon, I will be going to 3.4.3 on my 64-bit Ubuntu 10.04 desktop. When I get a better monitor, I will be upgrading to 11.x for that desktop. The 3.3.x line looks to end with 3.3.5 which will be supported for at least another year after that. When the 3.3.x line ends the 3.5.x line will begin, and 3.4.x will be what 3.3.x is now and 3.5.x will be the cutting edge line. Soon 3.4.x will be ready for business use. The sporadic spell checker issue for Windows that has cropped up hopefully be fixed by then. Since I not have 3.4.3 installed on XP and do not have any issues with the spell checker, it seems not to be a bug that effects the greater percentage than those it does not cause problem with. So, if you want to go to 3.4.3 on your Ubuntu machine, go for it. After the download, it take little time and only a few commands in Terminal. On 09/26/2011 02:15 PM, Tom wrote: Hi :) The 3.3.2 has fairly long term support so there is no problem with staying with it. The newer features are mostly in the 3.4.x branch but then that tends not to have the stability/support and might need upgrading much more often. The 3.4.3 apparently gives the best of both but like you i'm sticking with the 3.3.2 for now. You can install by downloading and installing outside of your package manager . You can have 2 or more instances of LibreOffice installed on the same machine but this guide helps avoid the problems that are likely to arise with that. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel Regards from Tom :) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/LO-updates-for-Ubuntu-10-04-tp3369398p3370158.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO updates for Ubuntu 10.04
I do not use PPAs. I either get from the repositories from Ubuntu or from the software's site. I have only about 3 or 4 packages, other than LO, that I use that are not either in the Ubuntu repositories anymore, or never was there in the first place. The fact that packages like LO are updating every few months makes it one that the repositories may never want to try to keep up and modify their repositories every time the package comes out with an update or upgrade. Also, now that there are going to be 2 lines of LO going at the same time, repositories will not want to have both line, or three lines when 3.5.x line comes out. On 09/26/2011 08:22 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I think the original poster was just curious why there haven't been any updates but i'm not entirely certain. A lot of people prefer to stay with the repos and rarely even use ppas let alone installing directly from unfamiliar websites. It's good to have the choice :) I'm happily staying with the 3.3.2 in the ppa :) Regards from Tom :) -- 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] Re: LO updates for Ubuntu 10.04
I'm fine with the situation. I was concerned that I had missed something, but it looks I'm ok. So, I'll wait until LO is ready for the next release. Dave, On Monday, September 26, 2011 4:29 PM, Tom tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) I'm not expecting any up-dates tbh. LibreOffice does full upgrades rather than minor updates because it develops so fast. Is there a particular problem that you are waiting for a fix for? People in the documentation team tend to download the upstream version from the web-site http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ to help make sure screen-shots are consistent across different distros. The instructions for how to install on gnulinux are just being up-dated but it might be a week before the proof-reading and uploading gets done. I think the current instructions are good enough to work out. Regards from Tom :) -- dave boland dbola...@fastmail.fm -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again -- 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] Re: LO updates for Ubuntu 10.04
I use 32-bit, Desktop. I would do the download, but it appears that there is no urgent reason to do so. Dave, On Monday, September 26, 2011 7:50 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: Are you running 32 or 64 bit version of Ubuntu? Desktop or laptop? Does not really matter, but it would be nice to know. -- dave boland dbola...@fastmail.fm -- http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.html -- 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
