Re: What is the oldest Linux that AOO can run on? Is there a policy wrt baseline libraries/distro release?

2017-01-21 Thread Fernando Cassia
> For the current 4.1.x series the baseline is so far going to stay CentOS 5.x; > They will need glibc >= 2.5; this requirement is deliberately chosen so that > it is satisfied by > virtually all Linux-based desktop systems available today. Thanks Andrea. That was exactly what I was looking

Re: What is the oldest Linux that AOO can run on? Is there a policy wrt baseline libraries/distro release?

2017-01-19 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 13/01/2017 Fernando Cassia wrote: I wonder what are the older Linux version that AOO-current (whatever is the latest version) will run on? Version 4.1.3 is built on CentOS 5 with glibc 2.5. And I'm trying to create a VM with the oldest possible, still supported Linux version, with AOO on

Re: What is the oldest Linux that AOO can run on? Is there a policy wrt baseline libraries/distro release?

2017-01-15 Thread ninja_glace
Fernando, Here are the system requirements [1] for AOO 4.1.x: GNU/LINUX ("LINUX") * Linux kernel version 2.6 or higher, glibc2 version 2.5 or higher * Free memory of 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended) * 400 MB available disk space * X-Server with 1024 x 768 pixel

What is the oldest Linux that AOO can run on? Is there a policy wrt baseline libraries/distro release?

2017-01-13 Thread Fernando Cassia
I wonder what are the older Linux version that AOO-current (whatever is the latest version) will run on? I'm not concerned too much about kernel but glibc which is a common cause of hassles. And I'm trying to create a VM with the oldest possible, still supported Linux version, with AOO on it.