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    OpenOffice alternative, SoftMaker Office 2008

    I don't want anyone here on Lucid forum to miss out on this opportunity. I downloaded and installed it on Lucid.

    It works great. Much faster than OpenOffice(or MS Office)

    You can download all variations - Windows, RPM, DEB or the install source gz variety.

    You have to hurry. Free download ends on Christmas.



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    ""Christmas is coming early this year...
    Between today and December 31, SoftMaker gives away full versions of SoftMaker Office 2008 for Windows – permanently usable and upgradable to future versions.
    
    But there is more: For every download on www.loadandhelp.com, SoftMaker donates € 0.10 (ten Euro Cents) to charity and development projects worldwide on www.betterplace.org."
    Its best to go here for English folks.

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    Re: OpenOffice alternative, SoftMaker Office 2008

    No 64bit version? Damn..

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    Re: OpenOffice alternative, SoftMaker Office 2008

    I gave it a short whirl. So far, so good. It is a lot faster than OO.

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    Re: OpenOffice alternative, SoftMaker Office 2008

    Why did they make a linux ver run in wine that's not a linux ver

    I installed on win and linux it's ok

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    Re: OpenOffice alternative, SoftMaker Office 2008

    Fast? Objectively? Perhaps.

    Subjectively?
    Definitely not: it may load the application faster but it can not scroll the fonts list to save its digital life... keeps running ‘late’/‘behind’ the cursor...

    ... And the file chooser dialog (insert an image) seems slow-ish compared to e.g. KDE's standard too.

    Also: it looks like Wine to me.

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    Thanks for trying this. It definitely does not use the Wine executables. I don't have Wine installed on my Lucid version.

    But now that you mentioned it, it does have that sorta feel. I haven't run it through it paces, only opened a few files that I use.

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    Re: OpenOffice alternative, SoftMaker Office 2008

    Quote Originally Posted by VMC View Post
    I don't want anyone here on Lucid forum to miss out on this opportunity. I downloaded and installed it on Lucid.

    It works great. Much faster than OpenOffice(or MS Office)

    You can download all variations - Windows, RPM, DEB or the install source gz variety.

    You have to hurry. Free download ends on Christmas.



    Code:
    ""Christmas is coming early this year...
    Between today and December 31, SoftMaker gives away full versions of SoftMaker Office 2008 for Windows – permanently usable and upgradable to future versions.
    
    But there is more: For every download on www.loadandhelp.com, SoftMaker donates € 0.10 (ten Euro Cents) to charity and development projects worldwide on www.betterplace.org."
    Its best to go here for English folks.

    Thank you! it's very fast, replaced my go-oo with it.

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    Re: OpenOffice alternative, SoftMaker Office 2008

    Quote Originally Posted by VMC View Post
    Thanks for trying this. It definitely does not use the Wine executables. I don't have Wine installed on my Lucid version.

    But now that you mentioned it, it does have that sorta feel. I haven't run it through it paces, only opened a few files that I use.
    It could easily use its own bundled version of Wine, like Picasa.

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    Re: OpenOffice alternative, SoftMaker Office 2008

    Quote Originally Posted by NCLI View Post
    It could easily use its own bundled version of Wine, like Picasa.
    Ahh, you might be right. I'll have to go to Softmaker forum and ask. It's still very fast, but on Linux it does have that kind-a sort-a Wine feel when you open or save a file.

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    Re: OpenOffice alternative, SoftMaker Office 2008

    Softmaker Office is definitely a real Linux program not just a wine port. Softmaker only uses its own toolkit, that's all. It may look like a Windows application, but it is not one

    Prove is very easy :

    Look at Picasa. There are lots of Wine-libraries and even a Windows-like directory-structure.

    There is nothing like that in Softmaker Office-package.

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