It makes me ask the question how do people on distros such as Gentoo / Mageia / Slackware / CentOS solve this problem, Logic tells me that they would download the source code from here: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=src
This then leads me to the conundrum as to how do they resolve the conundrum of dependency! The whole issue then gets shrouded by the different factions of the distros loyal fan-base claiming why their way is the +Best+. I myself have been guilty of it!. I propose redoing the design of the Linux download page and adding Icons for the DEB based installer and the same for the RPM based one. Having a generic Linux package as well would also be an advantage perhaps implemented by using *bz2 format and using a tux logo as it's header? It might solve some confusion that I initially had. One further comment: Would I be right in saying the source code can be ported to work on BSD based systems such as FreeBSD and BeOS? I'd be interested in the process On Sun, 9 Jun 2013, at 07:03 PM, Felmon Davis wrote: > On Sun, 9 Jun 2013, Tom Davies wrote: > > > Hi :) > > Hmmm, are you a regular distro-hopper? Probably a good idea to install > > onto a new separate partition so that you can easily get back to your > > regular OS if things are not as smooth as they first appear! Should be fun > > though :) Good luck and happy hunting! > > Regards from > > Tom :) > > I'm an _occasional_ binge distro-hopper, boot up something from a > 'live' drive and have a look, sometimes install for a real > look-around. but basically I've been with the same distro for about > three or so yrs. > > when it comes to installing for testing, I have one or two machines to > play with for this sort of purpose plus even if I only had one > machine, it's easy to switch in a spare hard-drive and play. (laptops > are easy to open.) > > and best of all is to know gparted and grub2. > > F. > > >> ________________________________ > >> From: Felmon Davis <[email protected]> > >> To: [email protected] > >> Sent: Sunday, 9 June 2013, 9:17 > >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Which download for Arch/Manjaro linux? > >> > >> > >> On Sun, 9 Jun 2013, Kevin Suo / 锁琨珑 wrote: > >> > >>> I haven't used Manjaro before, but since it's a derivative of Arch > >>> Linux, LibreOffice must be in it's official repo, and installing > >>> LibreOffice must be the same as it is in Arch linux, just try: > >>> > >>> pacman -S libreoffice > >>> > >>> This will install the most recent libreoffice release for you. > >>> > >>> You can also check the arch wiki about libreoffice: > >>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Libreoffice > >>> > >>> Best Regards, > >>> > >>> Kevin Suo > >>> Beijing, China. > >> > >> I'm not completely sure of the question but out of curiosity and > >> booted a 'live' version of manjaro and LO is definitely on board. > >> > >> the distribution looks quite interesting. I didn't foresee having > >> the patience for arch but manjaro is good for the impatient. > >> > >> it found everything on my acer aspire 1 725-0802 without any fiddling. > >> I prefer the 'trinity desktop' to kde4 but this version looks quite > >> livable. > >> > >> I may actually install it. beats doing real work. > >> > >> F. > >> > >> > >>> > >>> 06/09/2013 09:45 AM, Anthony Easthope: > >>>> Hi! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I was curious as I'm currently in the process of migrating > >>>> my distribution to manjaro Linux which is the best download for it? I'm > >>>> having some confusion as Manajro is a Arch derivative that is neither > >>>> RPM or DEB based, for those that don't know Arch has the AUR (Arch user > >>>> repository) which is essentially one massive storehouse for all the > >>>> packages available for GNU/linux at this time. It works on the same > >>>> principle as Ubuntu's PPA system except instead of there > >>>> being multiple depositary's there is just one. Arch uses a rolling > >>>> release model so it is at the cutting edge of all software / kernel > >>>> changes, However the same can not be said for their LO packages. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Anthony Easthope > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > >>> 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 > >> > >> -- > >> Felmon Davis > >> > >> The tailor makes the man. -- Erasmus > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > >> 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 > >> > >> > >> > > -- > Felmon Davis > > "The Schizophrenic: An Unauthorized Autobiography" > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > 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 -- Anthony Easthope [email protected] -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] 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
