2007/12/4, bill purvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Tuesday 04 December 2007, NoOp wrote: > > 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. > > > I've recently switched to Ubuntu (from Mandrake or Mandriva as it now > is called). My main reason was for ease of maintenance. I got fed up > of trying to install packages which wouldn't install because some > other package was not up-to-date. I installed Ubuntu (7.04) just before > they announced 7.10, as a result of which I got the old version of OOo. > No real problem, though. I deleted OOo and installed 2.3 from OOo.org. > At some point I'll switch to 7.10, though I'm waiting a while to let > the dust settle. The upgrade process looks nice - if it's as smooth > as the bugfix updates to 7.04 I'll be more than pleased. > > Bill > -- > +---------------------------------------+ > | Bill Purvis, Amateur Mathematician | > | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | http://bil.members.beeb.net | > +---------------------------------------+
As the Germans say, Bill, «ein mal ist kein mal» - but my experience with the upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10 was good. And now, after 1½ months, the dust should have settled.... Henri
