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sonnet
November 28th, 2010, 10:44 AM
Wasn't supposed LibreOffice to be a fork from OpenOffice?
So why so much difference in the installer package size?(300mb vs 130)?
coffeecat
November 28th, 2010, 12:06 PM
Browsing around the LibreOffice downloads (http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-beta3/), the only one that I can find that is 300MB is the Windows one. All the Linux and MacOS ones weigh in at about 160-180MB.

Why are you worried about the size of a Windows download on an Ubuntu forum? :wink:
Spice Weasel
November 28th, 2010, 12:19 PM
Are you comparing the precompiled package on a distribution to the source code?
sonnet
November 28th, 2010, 01:05 PM
Browsing around the LibreOffice downloads (http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-beta3/), the only one that I can find that is 300MB is the Windows one. All the Linux and MacOS ones weigh in at about 160-180MB.

Why are you worried about the size of a Windows download on an Ubuntu forum? :wink:

You're right, I didn't know there was difference in size among the different OS.
Sorry my mistake, I assumed the linux deb and rpm packages were around the same size
coffeecat
November 28th, 2010, 01:30 PM
Nevertheless, it is intriguing that the Windows package should be as much as 300MB with the all_lang package an enormous 467MB. I downloaded OO 3.2.1 for use in Windows 7 the other day and it was only 141MB.
darrelljon
November 28th, 2010, 02:53 PM
It's all the spyware they bundle with it.;)
m4tic
November 28th, 2010, 04:38 PM
It's all the spyware they bundle with it.;)
That's likely
Oxwivi
November 28th, 2010, 04:42 PM
I'd say it's insulting to say that FSF bundles spywares with the Windows version...
madjr
November 28th, 2010, 09:44 PM
I'd say it's insulting to say that FSF bundles spywares with the Windows version...

he was joking...
Dustin2128
November 28th, 2010, 09:55 PM
he was joking...
c'mon, we all know they do.
forrestcupp
November 28th, 2010, 10:08 PM
he was joking...

It wouldn't surprise me. GCompris charges for the full Windows version because they want people to use Linux.
Giant Speck
November 29th, 2010, 01:32 AM
It's jam-packed with more GNU/Freedom.
earthpigg
November 29th, 2010, 03:01 AM
current windows versions:

OpenOffice.org - 148mb
Go-OO (http://go-oo.org/download/) - 181mb
LibreOffice - 300mb
Khakilang
November 29th, 2010, 04:20 AM
It's all the spyware they bundle with it.;)

That is a lot of spyware. Maybe virus and malware was added in as well.
Old Marcus
November 29th, 2010, 06:37 AM
Definitive proof that commies are behind everything. :P
ssam
November 29th, 2010, 11:38 AM
another possibility is that LO still has all the debug stuff enabled (because its a beta). though its probably to do with which extras (languages, extensions, dependencies etc) are included. or maybe a build script bug that means they include more files than they need.

you should ask on their mailing list or IRC channel.
gradinaruvasile
November 29th, 2010, 11:57 AM
Clicking on the download link on their page (32-bit deb) prompts for a 164 MB archive download.
Unpacked is 300 MB, but so should be the Windows variant.