On 03/10/2008 03:56 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:12:15 -0700 (MST) Robert Holtzman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > >> Some time ago I remember seeing a something about the version of >> OOo supplied with the then current version of Ubuntu linux had some >> sort of a problem. The advice at the time was to wipe it and d/l a >> fresh copy from the web site. Does this still hold true with the >> version (a Ubuntu tweak) supplied with 7.10? > > There are no problems with the version of OOo that comes with either > 32- or 64-bit Gutsy 7.10. Having said that, there are few updates > that have come along, so after installing Gutsy go into System > > Update Manager and let it install all the updates. You will encounter > several dozen upgrades in all over the current image of Gutsy, but > only a handful are OOo upgrades, and they were all security fixes, > not bugfixes or new features. I have been using it since installing > Gutsy on a new computer and the only problems I have had have been my > failure to understand something. > > There were serious problems with OOo on x86-64 version of Feisty, but > they were caused by Feisty, not by OOo. At the time, I downloaded > and installed the version from OOo and it did not fix any of the > problems. You frequently hear people on this list say that the > "Ubuntuized" version is the cause of a problem, but in my experience, > installing the official OOo version accomplishes nothing. The > problems are caused by things that Ubuntu does, not changes that the > Ubuntu team has made to OOo. > > So just install OOo from Synaptic. It is not an Ubuntu tweak. It is > the regular OOo. I doubt you'll have any problems but, if you do, > they will be caused by Ubuntu, not because the version is funny. > However, having said that, the version that is in the Ubuntu > repositories may not be the absolute latest. So if there is some > feature that is available only in the very latest version of OOo, > that may be a justifiable reason to install the version from OOo. I > note that the version I have on my Ubuntu computer is 2.3.0, > openoffice.org-core 1:2.3.0 Tue Nov 27.
Actually the Ubuntu version is *not* regular OOo - it uses the xamian branch (Novell/Suse), and in some cases it is better, some cases it is worse. Examples: In (U)OOo: File|Templates|Address Book Source| Administrate button tell me what you see. In (U)OOo Gnome you will see: -Evolution -Groupwise -Evolution LDAP -Other external data source In (U)OOo KDE (kubuntu) you will see: -Evolution -Groupwise -Evolution LDAP -KDE address book -Other external data source In Standard OOo you will see: -Evolution -Groupwise -Evolution LDAP -Mozilla/Netscape -Thunderbird -KDE address book -LDAP address data -Other external data source Probably not a big deal if you don't want to use your Mozilla/Netscape/SeaMonkey/Thunderbird address books as a data source. Now on Standard OOo new install try to run an Impress or PPT with sound (wav, mpg, etc) or embed an mp3 file. You can't unless you first install jmf.jar and the sun mp3plugin.jar and have them registered properly in the java class path. However on (U)OOo these pretty much work out-of-the-box as (U)OOo uses gstreamer by default. Too many to list, but point being is that there are indeed differences between (U)OOo and Standard OOo. One can use either one (I use both), but I think it is important to realise that there are differences. In addition, the (U)OOo versions still have security issues/vulnerabilities that have been fixed in OOo, but remain in (U)OOo: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/174112 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
