Thanks...Downloading now... John John Kennedy
On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 1:27 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P < webmas...@krackedpress.com> wrote: > > Version 5 of the 3.5.4 NA-DVD is online at > > http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=box&version=3.5.4 > > It just appeared today on that page, along with my version 1 ISO file. > > It is 4 GB in size, where version 1 was a little larger at 4.1 GB. > > With the updates and the edits, I was able to cut it down just a bit. > > > > On 06/25/2012 06:07 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: > > > Any day now it will show up here, hopefully, instead of version #1. All > of the updates for version 5 are online at the online version of the DVD. > Mostly it has updated extras like; documentation, updated foreign language > spell checkers, etc.. > > http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=box&version=3.5.4 > > I wanted to have the #5 updated version online for 3.5.4, and hope to have > some more updates when I upload a 3.5.5 version of the DVD. It may be near > the end of July before I get 3.5.5 DVD created, since I have been sick and > there are a lot of things that need to be done that are needed A.S.A.P. or > before mid July. > > > > On 06/25/2012 04:59 PM, John Kennedy wrote: > > Will you send an email to the list when version 5 is available. I would > definitely burn it to give to friends and family... > John > > John Kennedy > > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 4:41 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P < > webmas...@krackedpress.com> wrote: > > Hi Dave. I run the Libreoffice-na.us site. It is not an "official" > download path, but a site for a DVD project with it accessible online as > well as on a physical media. > > I found that the problems I had with downloading from LO's site due to a > problem with the mirror system of downloading. > When you download a file from there, you are actually downloading it from > one of the many mirrors available. I would be one, buy my hosting company > will not allow that to happen. > > Sometimes there are problems with the chosen mirror. > > If you go to the "info" part of the green "button" to download the file, > and click there, you will be given a list of mirrors to choose from > instead > of the downloading system to make that choice for you. > > So you may be either having an issue with the "default" mirror, > OR > your dial-up company could be "limiting" the size of file being > downloaded. I know that some do from experience. > > So, here are your option, as I see it. > > 1) try one of the mirrors and start the download before you go to bed. > If it goes, you should have it by morning. > > 2) have your son download the install files [install and help] and have > him send it to you on a CD. > > 3) have you son download my DVD and send it to you. > [version 5 of the 3.5.4 DVD .iso file will be available in a few days > - version 1 is online but not as good] > > 4) I might be able to send you a copy of my DVD via post, but I do not > know how much the post office charges anymore. > > If you want to "talk to me " off the list, you can do so by either my > > webmas...@krackedpress.com [default for the lists] > or > webmas...@libreoffice-na.us [default for the DVD project] > > I help dial-up people locally from time to time. I am in central New York > State along the Pennsylvania border. I still have a laptop or two that > has > a dial-up modem, but most modern ones do not, it seems. I do not have > them > set up for dial-up anymore, but I have a friend that uses a free dial-up > service that limits to 10 hours of work per month. I understand that > their > paid service also has a limiting factor on how large of a file you can > download. It is not stated anywhere I have seen, but he has seen it > happen > with others with that service. If he needs to download large, either I do > it or he comes to my place to access my home/office network's Internet > access. I also share that access via a private wireless system with > several people in my apartment building. This secured network is part of > my own network with a separate router for their use and will not access my > part of the network due to the IP addresses from one network are different > from the other and you cannot access one part from the other. > > So, hopefully it would be the mirror that is chosen for you. Otherwise you > will need to have someone send you the install files on a CD or a DVD if > you want more than just the basic installs. > > Check out this link to see what my DVD has beyond the basic installs. You > can find these files other places, but I gathered them into one place. > Also I have the largest American English spell checking dictionary for > LO, > or as far as I know and have been told. There are in the dictionary > section of the DVD's web site with "kpp" in the titles. > > http://libreoffice-na.us/**English-3.5-installs/index.**html > <http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/index.html><http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/index.html> > > > On 06/25/2012 02:33 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > > Hi Dave :) > > Errr, that was your 1st post to the list! I can guess at your original > question which appears to have been lost in the ether. > > There are a lot of possible different reasons why downloading doesn't > work. The easiest work-around might be to get yoru son to download > LibreOffice onto his machine and then make a Cd to post to you as a normal > small parcel. Even better would be if he would download the North > American > Dvd for you > http://libreoffice-na.us/ > > Tim of Kracked Press at the NA project might be able to post a dvd to you > but i am not sure how much he would charge. Hopefully he would at least > recoup costs from whatever he charged you! > > As for your own downloading problems. Which Operating System are you > using? Is it an MS Windows one, maybe Xp? Perhaps not Windows at all, > maybe Ubuntu? Mac? Something else? > > Do you know your hard-drive's size? More to the point how much empty > space is left on the drive at the moment? It might just be that you need > to empty your wastebin and the wastebin in your emailing system. > > Don't worry if you don't know answers to some or all of those things but > if you do know it might help us to help you > Good luck and regards from > Tom :) > > > > --- On Mon, 25/6/12, Dave Richardson <dave.richardson@mindspring.**com > <dave.richard...@mindspring.com> <dave.richard...@mindspring.com>> > wrote: > > From: Dave Richardson <dave.richardson@mindspring.**com > <dave.richard...@mindspring.com> <dave.richard...@mindspring.com> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: latest java update has broken my > install of Libre Office. > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Date: Monday, 25 June, 2012, 17:13 > > Thank you for responding. > I have a dial-up connection and after 5 or 6 attempts over three days I > never got more then 20 mg download when the mindspring shut me down. > My son says he can download 208 mg into a CD in less then 10 minutes > but... > I am retired now and LibreOffice still lets me play. > Should I take the computer to Denver and let him try to download into my > computer? > Thanks > Dave > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+help@global.libreoffice.** > org <users%2bh...@global.libreoffice.org><users%2bh...@global.libreoffice.org> > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/**get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-** > unsubscribe/ > <http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/><http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/> > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/** > Netiquette > <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette><http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> > List archive: http://listarchives.**libreoffice.org/global/users/ > <http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/><http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/> > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > > > > > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
