Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice - patches

2018-03-22 Thread Tanstaafl
On Wed Mar 21 2018 17:51:59 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Miss Lizzy wrote: > I'm about to get a new laptop as my current one is not in compliance with the > new General Data Protection Regulations (it's just over 10years old with > Windows 7 so no longer supported by

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice - patches

2018-03-22 Thread jorge Rodríguez
Hi Lizzy:     I use GNU / Linux and happy with it...but if you want to keep windows there is a possible to install both operative system together in your laptop. It would be used Dual Boot process with an .iso file of Ubuntu for example. Regards, Jorge Rodríguez El 22/03/2018 a las

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice - patches

2018-03-22 Thread Luca Daghino @ Libero
Il 21/03/2018 22:51, Miss Lizzy ha scritto: I'm about to get a new laptop as my current one is not in compliance with the new General Data Protection Regulations (it's just over 10years old with Windows 7 so no longer supported by Microsoft regarding patches). It has been suggested I use

[libreoffice-users] query re. LO 5 ...

2018-03-22 Thread anne-ology
... this new version seems to be lacking a great feature which I enjoyed in the LO 3; back then, & on the MsFt-compatible computer, I was able to make PPs, saving each version then I would place each of these together to save only the best parts. But this feature seems

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice - patches

2018-03-22 Thread Philip Jackson
On 22/03/18 08:12, toki wrote: > That is because LibO practices release early, and release often: > * Every six months, a minor number release is made; > * Every six weeks, a point release is made; > * Roughly every fortnight, a release candidate/beta version is made > available; > * Every week, a

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice - patches

2018-03-22 Thread Virgil Arrington
On 03/22/2018 03:12 AM, toki wrote: > > The most stable option, is to install the Still release, every six months. > > jonathon > > And, you don't even have to do that. I'm still using LibreOffice 5.1.6 on my computer, and it works fine. I'll upgrade when I need some functionality or bug fix

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice - patches

2018-03-22 Thread zahra a
hello. yes, the libreoffice is one of the opensource programs which anyone can submit patches and new codes. i have problem of supporting diacritics for arabic and persian, developers told me if you know someone who can help you for resolving your issue, tell to join us and fix the issue. On

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice - patches

2018-03-22 Thread Gilles Gravier
Liz, 2018-03-22 5:51 GMT+08:00 Miss Lizzy : > I'm about to get a new laptop as my current one is not in compliance with > the new General Data Protection Regulations (it's just over 10years old > with Windows 7 so no longer supported by Microsoft regarding patches). > > It

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice - patches

2018-03-22 Thread toki
On 03/21/2018 09:51 PM, Miss Lizzy wrote: >do you actually mean 'anyone' or are the patches development by your own team >of software developers? Anybody can submit patches. However, not all patches are accepted. > I also noticed the software package name has changed over a relatively short