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[sindi keesan <keesan AT SDF.ORG>]

On Sat, 19 Nov 2011, Terry Maiden wrote:

> Hi Sindi & Ron,
> Please take a look at this. ?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org

Requirement for LibreOffice under linux:

kernel 2.6.18
glibc 2.5
gtk 2.10.4
1024 resolution, 256 colors
256MB RAM (512 better)
1.55GB hard drive

I failed to compile a 2.6 kernel for BL2.

> > These names were about 16 characters long so it won't work.
> > That could be why I saw only ONE png file go by in DOS.
>
> ? Ah !? That makes things a bit more difficult.

Some Epson scanner produced this mess.  The owner said he had to use 
Windows drivers because they are proprietary, though he prefers linux.

> > Why such ridiculously long file names?
>
> ? Does the name Microsoft mean anything to you ?
Too much.

> > How big is OpenOffice
>
> ? It is quite big.

200MB download for Windows, 150 for linux, plus language packs etc.

> > ? and what are the dependencies?
>
> ? Can't remember off-hand. But I installed a version into BL2 (disabled
> java to do it), so it is possible.

How did you disable java?  Did you use a much older version with 2.4 
kernel, glibc 2.3, and gtk1?

> ? That doesn't surprise me. Docx and odt are such bloated formats it
> takes a long time to process them all - most tags are redundant and are
> automatically inserted whether thay are needed or not. I had to put a
> progress bar into my converter so I could tell it was still working and
> hadn't locked up !

Same for pdf files.  Even if they are only images, lots of garbage about 
fonts and styles gets added automatically.

> > People write emails with MS wordprocessor instead of a text editor.
>
> ? Because they don't know any better.? :(

If you really NEED to read/write docx files there is zoho.com and probably 
other sites by now.  Requires a fast connection.


> Ron


Sindi