On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 00:16, Web Kracked wrote: > The "for whatever reason" quote is the fact that I do not know why it was > easier to use the Launchpad site to get OOo installed on Ubuntu than OOo's > own links/system. Both were the same version, just different sites and > install procedures.
The version of OOo on launchpad is from Go-oo (Novell), not Sun.(For various reasons, Ubuntu is going to stick with Go-Oo, rather than Sun's. > I still do not know what the differences between the "Sun" and the "Novell" > version, Novell's version is infested with Mono, but: * has slightly better compatibility with MSO; * has a couple of features in Calc that make it marginally more suitable for corporate use; I _think_ that there is also a difference in Max page size. > that the 9.04 Ubuntu distro was based on Oxygen Office OxygenOffice is based on Go-Oo, but includes a couple of things in Sun's version, that aren't in Go-Oo. > I believe it will be the most up-to-date. Most up-to-date is a matter of how one defines that term. > Could there be some way to have it done from a OOo "sister" site/mirror? You should be able to add the (Sun) OOo download site as a repository to your package management system. jonathon -- Ethical conduct is a vice. Corrupt conduct is a virtue. Guiding principles of the legal and ethical system of Nacarima. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
