Re: [LUAU] Star Office vs Open Office?

2004-09-08 Thread Hawaii Linux Institute
Wilson wrote: What version of Open Office is FC2 running? As Scott mentioned, OpenOffice in FC2 is rather perky because it is version 1.1.0. Yum update moves it to 1.1.1. At the present time, rawhide is the only option if you want to play with 1.1.2. But again, version number is one

Re: [LUAU] Star Office vs Open Office?

2004-09-08 Thread Hawaii Linux Institute
There is another issue that may affect the performance of OOo; it has something to do with, from my own experience, the choice of Athlons vs Pentiums. Several years ago, when running the pre-1.0 versions of Mozilla, I noticed a huge difference in performance between Athlon and PIII. The

Re: [LUAU] Star Office vs Open Office?

2004-09-07 Thread Hawaii Linux Institute
Since OpenOffice/StarOffice is a critical element determining the pace at which Linux will be accepted by the mainstream public, this issue deserves a further elaboration. At the outset, I am sure most of us are aware that, for many open source projects, the name itself is quite irrelevant

RE: [LUAU] Star Office vs Open Office?

2004-09-07 Thread Wilson
Office vs Open Office? Since OpenOffice/StarOffice is a critical element determining the pace at which Linux will be accepted by the mainstream public, this issue deserves a further elaboration. At the outset, I am sure most of us are aware that, for many open source projects, the name itself

Re: [LUAU] Star Office vs Open Office?

2004-09-07 Thread R. Scott Belford
Wilson wrote: What version of Open Office is FC2 running? Without an install in front of me, I cannot say. I will tell you that with respect to the K12LTSP dimension of your question, version 4.1 is FC2 based and Openoffice is rather perky. Wayne could better elaborate why. I just know

Re: [LUAU] Star Office vs Open Office?

2004-09-05 Thread Hawaii Linux Institute
Wilson wrote: Which one is better? Also, in a LTSP situation would you see any benefits running Star vs Open Office? I have OOo 1.1.2 installed in an LTSP pilot. Because OOo can take a long time to load (relative to Microsoft Office), running OOo in LTSP actually makes you feel much better

[LUAU] Star Office vs Open Office?

2004-09-04 Thread Wilson
Which one is better? Also, in a LTSP situation would you see any benefits running Star vs Open Office? Wilson