On 12/03/2007 04:40 AM, James Knott wrote: > aleex zim wrote: >> hello Mr.Krause Thank you for answering pls.inform me what is the best >> ersion of linux for a newcomer/ there are a lot of them (red hat, >> mandrake etc and where it is bestto get it? rgds > > Define "best". > > A popular distro for beginners is Ubuntu. However, the version of > OpenOffice that comes with it apparently has some problems, so you may > want to install the one from www.openoffice.org, instead of the one that > comes with it. > >
No more than problems associated with standard OOo, or other Ximian & Debian builds (of which openSUSE is one): http://go-oo.org/download/ The problems with Ubuntu (U)OOo generally get reported here more frequently due to the large number of new Ubuntu users & not understanding how to report (U)OOo bugs on launchpad. (U)OOo has several advantages: Fontworks works Media/sound in Impress works Wizards now mostly work if 7.10 (U)OOo 2.3 etc. (U)OOo also has a few disadvantages: It still lacks a few Address Book Sources etc. And overall works quite well. At least as well as openSUSE's & Debian's version (they are all basically the same). I use at least 3-4 flavours of OOo: (U)OOo, standard OOo (linux), Standard OOo (Windows), Go-oo (Windows), and StarOffice 8/8, and I can safely report that the standard OOo is starting to become more troublesome than the (U)OOo 2.3 version - particularly if you want Fontwork to actually work. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
