On 11/28/2009 01:15 AM, jonathon wrote: > On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 00:16, Web Kracked wrote: > >> The "for whatever reason" quote is the fact that I do not know why >> it was easier to use the Launchpad site to get OOo installed on >> Ubuntu than OOo's own links/system. Both were the same version, >> just different sites and install procedures.
The PPA site was populated with (U)OOo 3.1.1 by Chris Cheney. It was an excellent source to upgrade (U)OOo to 3.1.1 when the code was there. It is no longer there. Keep in mind that PPA stands for "Personal Package Archive" and is just that, a *personal* package archive. PPA's have been discussed here previously; you use at your own risk and understand that the packages are *not* supported by anyone but the person (and not even then always) that put them up. > > The version of OOo on launchpad is from Go-oo (Novell), not Sun.(For > various reasons, Ubuntu is going to stick with Go-Oo, rather than > Sun's. As are multiple other linux distros that use it as well: http://www.go-oo.org/download/ > >> I still do not know what the differences between the "Sun" and the >> "Novell" version, > > Novell's version is infested with Mono, but: * has slightly better > compatibility with MSO; * has a couple of features in Calc that make > it marginally more suitable for corporate use; Really? And you can cite which parts are of the Ubuntu OOo are "infested with Mono"? I very much doubt it. But even if you could, that's an issue, why? http://www.mono-project.com/Licensing <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2009-June/000584.html> Pretty amazing to bring up Mono when the Windows standard OOo version relies on the Windows Media Player for sound & video rather than an open source alternate; perhaps you missed the "MP4 Files & OOo" thread... Which linux distribution are you using? Does it include Evolution, OOo etc? > > I _think_ that there is also a difference in Max page size. > >> that the 9.04 Ubuntu distro was based on Oxygen Office > > OxygenOffice is based on Go-Oo, but includes a couple of things in > Sun's version, that aren't in Go-Oo. > >> I believe it will be the most up-to-date. > > Most up-to-date is a matter of how one defines that term. > >> Could there be some way to have it done from a OOo "sister" >> site/mirror? > > You should be able to add the (Sun) OOo download site as a > repository to your package management system. Really? Please provide details. > > jonathon You also stated in another post: > Sometimes features are removed from OOo. If one of those features > is something you find useful, you may want to keep a version with > those features, on one or two systems. Can you cite those as well? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
