Linux Desktop Readiness Thread

[leo_rockway]

Just a few things...

a) as far as i know M$ word doesn't open odt files... and if it does... then why people keep using .doc when odt is the standard format?
I am a translator and unfortunately i work with .doc files ALL day. i never had any formatting issues.

b) aero works better than compiz? i say bananas are better than corn... what does aero and compiz have to do with each other? aero is a lame glass effect, i don't see a cube, or jelly-like windows... and you need a nvidia 8800 gt x + pro sli supermegaman card to make aero start moving...

c) games? i would agree with that, but wine and cedega would run the wintendo games i want to play (and i never do play wintendo games, since i have tremulous and that's all i need)

d) i say that instead of complaining go and fix the problems you have and if you're not a programmer you can still join the developers' mailing list and provide feedback. try sending an email to ballmer or gates and telling them you don't like aero because it is a resource vacuum... i wouldn't wait for a response.

[bb10]

Just a few things...

a) as far as i know M$ word doesn't open odt files... and if it does... then why people keep using .doc when odt is the standard format?
I am a translator and unfortunately i work with .doc files ALL day. i never had any formatting issues.

b) aero works better than compiz? i say bananas are better than corn... what does aero and compiz have to do with each other? aero is a lame glass effect, i don't see a cube, or jelly-like windows... and you need a nvidia 8800 gt x + pro sli supermegaman card to make aero start moving...

c) games? i would agree with that, but wine and cedega would run the wintendo games i want to play (and i never do play wintendo games, since i have tremulous and that's all i need)

d) i say that instead of complaining go and fix the problems you have and if you're not a programmer you can still join the developers' mailing list and provide feedback. try sending an email to ballmer or gates and telling them you don't like aero because it is a resource vacuum... i wouldn't wait for a response.

a) it's .docx now, and you can use this: http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/index.html to get word to open odf files

b) why does it work on my 6600GT then?

c) wine and cadega don't play all games and not everyone is like you.

d) probably because you can turn it off?

[leo_rockway]

a) it's .docx now, and you can use this: http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/index.html to get word to open odf files

b) why does it work on my 6600GT then?

c) wine and cadega don't play all games and not everyone is like you.

d) probably because you can turn it off?

a) well... m$ office should open THE STANDARD files by default. if it doesn't do it then it IS m$ office's fault and not OO.o

b) well... i have an nvidia 440 mx 64mb pci, will it work with that? i'm guessing the answer is no... i can get compiz to work with that. and compiz actually does something... aero is still a lame glass effect, nothing more. no 3d effects at all.

c) then go buy a console... jeez. you don't need to pay the win license to play good games.

d) aero was an example (and even if you can turn it off, it doesn't mean it ISN'T a resource vacuum and that a "good" system deserves better). if you're trying to be picky then riddle me this "what would ballmer say if you asked him of a way to uninstall ie6 from xp?" he wouldn't even answer your mails... now stop disecting my words and go actually help a developer in the linux community.

[Achetar]

Other: It has built-in Word Processor (with Spell Check, i know many ppl who would die without OO.org Spellcheck or MSWord SpellCheck), Spreadsheet, and Presentation software.

[Vadi]

a) it's .docx now, and you can use this: http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/index.html to get word to open odf files

Notice how that converter is an open-source project?

[bruce89]

Notice how that converter is an open-source project?

Not surprising it's under the BSD, MS wouldn't touch the GPL if it was a small rabbit.

[jrjr]

Open office..... they tout compatibility but its a falsehood. Access DB's are nowhere near compatible. I hadn't tried word files but it looks like they aren't either. Can't stand liers.....

[leo_rockway]

Open office..... they tout compatibility but its a falsehood. Access DB's are nowhere near compatible. I hadn't tried word files but it looks like they aren't either. Can't stand liers.....

You're kidding... right?

[jrjr]

Try creating a db with OO and opening it with access....

[leo_rockway]

Try creating a db with OO and opening it with access....

ok... you're kidding, right?

an OO.o database is a standard database... if m$ office can't read standard file types, that's THEIR fault, not OO.o's

EDIT: or do you mean saving it in access file format? if that's the case... then try asking m$ for their format documentation to create a fully compatible program