Thanks I also will wait until you tell us Version 5 is available. I appreciate the help. Dave Richardson
-----Original Message----- >From: John Kennedy <[email protected]> >Sent: Jun 25, 2012 4:59 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Downloading LibreOffice > >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
