Pardon for not reading the whole thread, but is Ubuntu not shipped with AOO? Last time I installed Ubuntu, it had AOO. Or was it LibreOffice?
On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Ian Lynch <ianrly...@gmail.com> wrote: > We use Ubuntu throughout the company and don't have any problems with it - > well certainly no more than Windows and Apple Users seem to have. I suggest > if AOO is difficult to install in Ubuntu for a non-developer its really up > to those that have the skills and knowledge to change that..well that > assumes that the project isn't just giving up on Ubuntu and leaving it to > LO. I have to say AOO is one of the most difficult to install applications > on Ubuntu. We can blame Ubuntu or Canonical or we can fix it. Depends on > whether the Ubuntu market is seen as important because companies like ours > are not going to switch platforms just to run AOO. > > > On 1 December 2013 23:25, Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On 01-Dec-2013, at 18:03, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Some distros make it very difficult for the typical Linux end user to > > > install anything NOT in the distro's repository. This is NOT why I > > > switched to Linux, I can assure you. > > > > It's only—only—been my experience with Ubuntu. With *all* other LInuxes, > I > > get joy. (I've not used all there are, I refer just to those I've used; > and > > at that, via my virtualized environment. Ubuntu pretends to the ease of > OS > > X but is actually more—!!—tight with proprietary constraints, if you can > > imagine that: if it don't come from Canonical, it ain't canonical.) > > > > > > > > >> (At any rate, that's what I would mean. Given the choice of OSs, for a > > lot > > >> of stuff I tend toward Linux. It's easier. But I tend then toward > > >> non-Canonical Linuxes. Even easier.) > > >> > > >> And try installing OOo in the latest Ubuntu *as a non-developer.* Tell > > us > > >> about it :-). > > >> > > > > > > I have only used one Linux distro since I started. I do not use Ubuntu > > and > > > likely never will. I got away from MS because of all kinds of > > restrictions > > > and I don't need to trade one environment like that for another. > > > > Quite. And I love Linux (and also, for that matter, OS X) because it's > > logical in its layout and thus easy to navigate, work with, use. Whereas > I > > dislike MSFT's Windows because it is seemingly arbitrary in layout and > > operation; and though one can finally *get* that its logic is about > > property (MY MY MY things), still, one must then deal with mairzy doats > and > > dozy doats and liddle lazy divey and not mares and does and lambs > scarfing > > oats & ivy.) > > > > louis > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > > > -- > Ian > > Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications < > https://theingots.org/community/faq#7.0> > > Headline points in the 2014 and 2015 school league tables > > www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 > > The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, Unit 4D Gagarin, Lichfield > Road Industrial Estate, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 7GN. Reg No: > 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. >
