Hi :) Blimey!! When you said it would be there in a few days i thought you meant a week or few!
Nicely done chap! Regards from Tom :) --- On Tue, 26/6/12, webmaster-Kracked_P_P <[email protected]> wrote: From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Downloading LibreOffice To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, 26 June, 2012, 18:27 Version 5 of the 3.5.4 NA-DVD is online at http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=box&version=3.5.4 It just appeared today on that page, along with my version 1 ISO file. It is 4 GB in size, where version 1 was a little larger at 4.1 GB. With the updates and the edits, I was able to cut it down just a bit. On 06/25/2012 06:07 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: > > Any day now it will show up here, hopefully, instead of version #1. All of > the updates for version 5 are online at the online version of the DVD. > Mostly it has updated extras like; documentation, updated foreign language > spell checkers, etc.. > > http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=box&version=3.5.4 > > I wanted to have the #5 updated version online for 3.5.4, and hope to have > some more updates when I upload a 3.5.5 version of the DVD. It may be near > the end of July before I get 3.5.5 DVD created, since I have been sick and > there are a lot of things that need to be done that are needed A.S.A.P. or > before mid July. > > > > On 06/25/2012 04:59 PM, John Kennedy wrote: >> Will you send an email to the list when version 5 is available. I would >> definitely burn it to give to friends and family... >> John >> >> John Kennedy >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 4:41 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Dave. I run the Libreoffice-na.us site. It is not an "official" >>> download path, but a site for a DVD project with it accessible online as >>> well as on a physical media. >>> >>> I found that the problems I had with downloading from LO's site due to a >>> problem with the mirror system of downloading. >>> When you download a file from there, you are actually downloading it from >>> one of the many mirrors available. I would be one, buy my hosting company >>> will not allow that to happen. >>> >>> Sometimes there are problems with the chosen mirror. >>> >>> If you go to the "info" part of the green "button" to download the file, >>> and click there, you will be given a list of mirrors to choose from instead >>> of the downloading system to make that choice for you. >>> >>> So you may be either having an issue with the "default" mirror, >>> OR >>> your dial-up company could be "limiting" the size of file being >>> downloaded. I know that some do from experience. >>> >>> So, here are your option, as I see it. >>> >>> 1) try one of the mirrors and start the download before you go to bed. >>> If it goes, you should have it by morning. >>> >>> 2) have your son download the install files [install and help] and have >>> him send it to you on a CD. >>> >>> 3) have you son download my DVD and send it to you. >>> [version 5 of the 3.5.4 DVD .iso file will be available in a few days >>> - version 1 is online but not as good] >>> >>> 4) I might be able to send you a copy of my DVD via post, but I do not >>> know how much the post office charges anymore. >>> >>> If you want to "talk to me " off the list, you can do so by either my >>> >>> [email protected] [default for the lists] >>> or >>> [email protected] [default for the DVD project] >>> >>> I help dial-up people locally from time to time. I am in central New York >>> State along the Pennsylvania border. I still have a laptop or two that has >>> a dial-up modem, but most modern ones do not, it seems. I do not have them >>> set up for dial-up anymore, but I have a friend that uses a free dial-up >>> service that limits to 10 hours of work per month. I understand that their >>> paid service also has a limiting factor on how large of a file you can >>> download. It is not stated anywhere I have seen, but he has seen it happen >>> with others with that service. If he needs to download large, either I do >>> it or he comes to my place to access my home/office network's Internet >>> access. I also share that access via a private wireless system with >>> several people in my apartment building. This secured network is part of >>> my own network with a separate router for their use and will not access my >>> part of the network due to the IP addresses from one network are different >>> from the other and you cannot access one part from the other. >>> >>> So, hopefully it would be the mirror that is chosen for you. Otherwise you >>> will need to have someone send you the install files on a CD or a DVD if >>> you want more than just the basic installs. >>> >>> Check out this link to see what my DVD has beyond the basic installs. You >>> can find these files other places, but I gathered them into one place. >>> Also I have the largest American English spell checking dictionary for LO, >>> or as far as I know and have been told. There are in the dictionary >>> section of the DVD's web site with "kpp" in the titles. >>> >>> http://libreoffice-na.us/**English-3.5-installs/index.**html<http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/index.html> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 06/25/2012 02:33 PM, Tom Davies wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Dave :) >>>> >>>> Errr, that was your 1st post to the list! I can guess at your original >>>> question which appears to have been lost in the ether. >>>> >>>> There are a lot of possible different reasons why downloading doesn't >>>> work. The easiest work-around might be to get yoru son to download >>>> LibreOffice onto his machine and then make a Cd to post to you as a normal >>>> small parcel. Even better would be if he would download the North American >>>> Dvd for you >>>> http://libreoffice-na.us/ >>>> >>>> Tim of Kracked Press at the NA project might be able to post a dvd to you >>>> but i am not sure how much he would charge. Hopefully he would at least >>>> recoup costs from whatever he charged you! >>>> >>>> As for your own downloading problems. Which Operating System are you >>>> using? Is it an MS Windows one, maybe Xp? Perhaps not Windows at all, >>>> maybe Ubuntu? Mac? Something else? >>>> >>>> Do you know your hard-drive's size? More to the point how much empty >>>> space is left on the drive at the moment? It might just be that you need >>>> to empty your wastebin and the wastebin in your emailing system. >>>> >>>> Don't worry if you don't know answers to some or all of those things but >>>> if you do know it might help us to help you >>>> Good luck and regards from >>>> Tom :) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --- On Mon, 25/6/12, Dave Richardson >>>> <dave.richardson@mindspring.**com<[email protected]>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> From: Dave Richardson >>>> <dave.richardson@mindspring.**com<[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: latest java update has broken my >>>> install of Libre Office. >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Date: Monday, 25 June, 2012, 17:13 >>>> >>>> Thank you for responding. >>>> I have a dial-up connection and after 5 or 6 attempts over three days I >>>> never got more then 20 mg download when the mindspring shut me down. >>>> My son says he can download 208 mg into a CD in less then 10 minutes >>>> but... >>>> I am retired now and LibreOffice still lets me play. >>>> Should I take the computer to Denver and let him try to download into my >>>> computer? >>>> Thanks >>>> Dave >>>> >>> -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected].** >>> org <users%[email protected]> >>> Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/**get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-** >>> unsubscribe/<http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/> >>> >>> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/** >>> Netiquette <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> >>> List archive: >>> http://listarchives.**libreoffice.org/global/users/<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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] 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
