On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 13:26:15 PM -0800, Gregory Forster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> My current computer is barely hanging on, as it is. I'm having the > motherboard,CPU, memory & hard drive replaced. I'll be able to have > 4 hard drives simultaneously connected, besides my CD-ROM and CD-RW. > On one of the hard drives I want to have Linux as a bootable > operating system. I've had no problems with OpenOffice with WinXP > Pro SP2, however there are many different Linux versions. Which > version of Linux would be the best for OpenOffice? > Do I have to use Linux to download Linux, or OpenOffice for Linux, > or can I use my current Windows XP? You don't have to download anything. The Windows Xp version won't work under Linux, but any Linux distribution comes with OpenOffice prepackaged and integrated with the rest of the system. Choosing the best version of Linux depends on other things: what you need to do with it, how much online support you need and similar factors, what kind of special hardware you have... These questions are much more important than which linux works best with OpenOffice. They all work more or less the same and OOo is included, so find the answers to those other questions first. The only exception to what I just said may be the support for .docx files. From that point of view, the easiest solution right now may be to use OpenSuse, which has an OpenOffice with the .docx translator already integrated, but I'm not so up to date here. But .docx, aka OpenXML, is such a dumb and evil idea in and by itself that you want to stay as far from it as possible, so why bother? To understand what I mean, you're welcome to read: http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/8616 http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9594#mpart8 http://digifreedom.net/node/45 Marco -- Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how software is used *around* you: http://digifreedom.net/node/84 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
