Russell Butler wrote: > web kracked wrote: >> OOo comes with Ubuntu??? >> I think it is Dapper but it is a >> version to be used with VMware so I can >> run Linux on my windows system. >> >> I still am downloading the Ubuntu >> for the past 4 hours and 2 to go >> and this is on Broadband - slow site >> >> I see so many people talk about Ubuntu >> and OOo so I wanted to ask here first >> >> If you know of a place where I can get >> the information I want, I would like to know >> about it. >> >> Also How easy is it to update or modify >> OOo on Ubuntu - Dapper??? >> >> Since my only work with OOo is Windows >> and I have not dealt with a Linux product >> since 2000. That is why I want to try out >> the system and get input about all aspects. >> >> Is there a better Linux/OOo combo? >> with less problems??? >> >> > I don't know about "better" - it's almost starting a religious war there. > > I have run various flavours of Mandrake/Mandriva, Kubuntu and now > gentoo. I also set up a ubuntu server under vmware preparing to load > it on the machine which serves my mail. I would not recommend gentoo > for a newbie to linux. > > Kubuntu is at least as easy to run as Mandriva. Be prepared to google > and search users archives. The ubuntu/kubuntu users seem very > encouraging and most problems you will find already answered in the > forum(s). > > OOo runs very happily on any of these systems. > > For a "toe-in-the-water" I don't think you will go far wrong with > ubuntu/kubuntu. I presume you aware that the difference is gnome vs > KDE desktop, which is very much a matter of taste. > > Have fun anyway. > Since you all stole this thread, here is something for thought: Does MySQL come with Ubuntu? I have to test a MySQL Java client connection from Mac OS X to Linux to see if a problem has been fixed or still exists.
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