On 24-Mar-2001 Ethan Benson wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 10:53:41AM +0000, Keith O'Connell wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I need to be able to read, and compose MS compatible documents. I have >> pretty much decided that the path of least resistance for me will be >> Star Office. >> >> I cannot find it in the 2.2r2 distribution. Is it in there but I am too >> blind to see? If not is it available in deb format somewhere, and if so >> what would be the correct location to add to my "sources.list" to keep >> current? > > StarOffice is non-free and not packaged, so you will have to install > it into /usr/local via a tarball. eventually OpenOffice will be > packaged but i think its still in a rather broken state since its > StarOffice + `sanitation' of patented/stol^H^H^H^Hlicenced code.
Not only that, but it also manages to be incredibly more bloated than SOffice 5.2 itself, and doesn't include any printing support (they're trying to implement a free alternative to SO 5.2's old printing driver). However, I must admit that it is very good looking - supports my xfstt-supplied TT fonts et al. > > -- > Ethan Benson > http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ -- Carlos Laviola - ICQ 55799523 pub 1024D/3516D372 2000-06-05 Carlos Laviola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Key fingerprint = 3BE1 6591 C78C 2AA4 31DD AEEF 6406 0227 3516 D372
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