NoOp wrote: > Adrian Try wrote: >>> The free Ubuntu CD does include a copy of OOo >>> (http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop). It's not the latest (2.0.2) but it's >>> free and included. Only problem (or not depending on how you look at it) >>> is that the OP would have to install Ubuntu to use it. >> Yes and no. >> >> If you install Ubuntu, it certainly does include OpenOffice.org. >> >> But if you insert the CD while running Windows, it also allows you to >> install the Windows version of OpenOffice.org (and some other open source >> software). >> >> Adrian >> >> > > Cool! I wasn't aware of that. I usually cut an Ubuntu update CD for a > friend every few months (she is also on dial-up) and then cut another > OOo update as well (Windows version). Perhaps I'll save the extra CD... > only problem is that the Ubuntu repositories are usually a version or > two behind.
I keep copies of Windows versions of OO, Seamonkey, Java etc., on my pen drive, as well as a CD-RW, to make it easy to install for friends etc. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
