2009/12/3 Ярослав Райченко <[email protected]>: > *thank you for advice. this is news for me about puppy linux etc. what i > need from office software is ability to compose macros in a similar way as > msoffice offers by means of vba & ole technology. that's what i have under > windows98 & msoffice 97. can linux + ooo beet MS on this field or at least > be compared? as a newbie for linux i believed this was an operating system > not that resource demanding as Win was. am i wrong?
Well, remember that Windows 98 is OLD and not very advanced and therefore fast compared to many (but not all) of today's operating systems. It's also very buggy… GNumeric and AbiWord can't do macros (I think) so OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 would be my choice on such an old computer. However, even if Linux is fast in general, OpenOffice.org is not. Also OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 acan't save as ODF, but it can open them. Johnny Rosenberg > Alex > Johnny Rosenberg <[email protected]> [Thu, 3 Dec 2009 17:59:46 +0100]: >> >> 2009/12/3 Ярослав Райченко <[email protected]>: >> > thank you for reply, >> > i simply trying out linux as it is on my older pc (P1, 120mhz, 200M) >> than >> > this redhat release to decide if it is ok for me. for instance, i > > can >> >> > utilize vba on msoffice, but not sure if staroffice(or the likes) > > goes >> >> well >> > on ooo. >> >> Wow… THAT is an old computer… I wouldn't even try to run >> OpenOffice.org on that one, at least not a newer version. 1.1.5 would >> be my choice. >> >> What do you need OpenOffice.org to do for you? If only simple tasks, >> there are some lot faster solutions for an old computer like yours >> (actually there are many different solutions, but here is one of >> them): >> >> Install Puppy Linux (an incredibly fast Linux distro which runs >> directly from your RAM). OpenOffice.org won't be installed by default >> but it would be too slow on you computer anyway. Instead, use the much >> lighter and faster GNumeric and AbiWord, I think both are included in >> Puppy Linux by default. >> But as soon as you need to do something advanced, none of these will >> be a good choice. >> >> Johnny Rosenberg >> >> >> >> >> the main idea is to put to life old gear by means of linux due to >> > supposedly linux's better performance. with modern gear i am ok with >> modern >> > mswindows. >> > Alex >> > * John Thompson <[email protected]> [Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:30:16 >> -0600]: >> >> >> >> On 2009-11-29, Ярослав Райченко <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > i currently am possessing a dvd with OO3.0.0 distributive as exe >> >> file, >> >> > which means it is for Windows. But i want it to install on Linux >> > >> > (red >> >> >> >> > hat7.1 core 2-4-2). is there any way to get it installed on linux >> >> > (besides redownloding the linux version from site)? >> >> >> >> Why do you want to run the Windows version on linux? It can be > > done, >> >> >> in principle at least, using Wine or VMWare but your RedHat >> > >> > installation >> >> >> >> is very old and unlikely to support the most current and stable >> > >> > versions >> >> >> >> of these. >> >> >> >> Why not just get a modern linux distribution CD (IIRC, ubuntu will >> > >> > mail >> >> >> >> you an installation CD free of charge if you ask) and use the > > latest >> >> >> OOo and latest linux? This would be far more effective than trying > > to >> >> >> run Windows' OOo on an ancient version of RedHat. >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > Ярослав Райченко. >> > >> > -- >> > Новый ТОП100 - путеводитель по интернету! >> > http://nova.top100.rambler.ru/promo >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > -- > Ярослав Райченко. > > -- > Новый ТОП100 - путеводитель по интернету! > http://nova.top100.rambler.ru/promo > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
