Zoltán Kócsi wrote: > On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:10:48 +1100 > Mike Dawe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, I've had the first OOo alpha version 3.1 installed for a couple >> of days. > > I've downloaded it and installed on a (admittedly fairly old) SuSE 10.0 > system (x86). Install went without a hitch. However, when I start it, it > comes up with the splashscreen, thinks for a while and then pops up > what I believe should be the initial config menu. I don't know what > fonts it's using, but none of them is readable. That is, I end up with > a window where even the window title is unreadable. There are two > panels, the right one is probably the progress (step 1 ..step 4 is > visible, but nothing else), the left hand side panel is completely > empty. There are 4 buttons underneath, no text on them. Can't do > anything with it. > > Are there minimal sys requirements? Fonts that must be there? > If yes, why does the install state that it was installed OK when > obviously it wasn't?
Hi Zoltan. This is an *alpha* software. You should only install this if you are curious and want to see first hand what is on the horizon - Or if you wish to help debug and send in user reports. It is some time off before it will be a stable product. You should not install this software if you plan to use OOo for general use. You will have far better results anyway if you use version 3.0.1 or earlier. In this alpha there will be some horrendous bugs to squash before it is released to the larger community. For me, problems I encountered with this alpha were that PDF creation crashed OOo and auto spelling checking did not show the red squiggly underlines as I typed - although if I right-clicked words that I knew were miss-spelled, the options to correct them were there. I have had my little play with this alpha for now and have reverted back to version 3.0.1. I will wait until there is an RC candidate at least, before looking at it further most likely. Otherwise, the new features that are implemented into 3.1 will be worth the wait. -- Mike Dawe OOo 3.0.1rc2 MacOSX PPC US English --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
