Well, Ubuntu 10.10 came out today [ not RC version ]. Included with it, finally, is OOo version 3.2.1
It would be nice if they [ Ubuntu and Debian ] would update OOo in their repositories more often than every 6 months. Yes, I know that people can download OOo in .deb and install it in a way that will deal with the Applications/Menu problems that I keep having. I just have to remember where I put that paper [file] that contains the instructions to do so. Yet, I wonder why when a major software package like OOo comes out with an update, or even an upgrade, that it takes so long for it to appear in the repositories. Other open-source packages are updated in the Ubuntu/Debian repositories and are seen in the daily/weekly checks with the Update Manager, but not OOo. I know that this type of question should be posted to an Ubuntu forum, which I have but with no answers in return, but here are the people who are most affected by that lack of updating, the OOo users running Ubuntu/Debian. I wonder if a large number of us Ubuntu/Debian users who use OOo as our main, or only, office package get together and "ask real nicely", would something be done to solve the problem? There is a movement to make Ubuntu the OS that will compete with Windows as the OEM installed operating system. The movement wants to make a Linux OS that will run as easy as Windows [ to the general public use to Windows ] and make installing and upgrading software packages as easy as Windows users expect it to be. Maybe if the users of the #1 MS Office replacement get together and somehow get Ubuntu/Debian to add OOo updates and upgrades to their daily/weekly repository updating system, instead of waiting for their six month OS update/upgrade schedule. Well, it is time to get Ubuntu 10.10 on all my non-Windows systems.
