LibreOffice: OpenOffice.org Liberated !

[newbie2]

DocumentFoundation Formed : http://user.services.openoffice.org/...p?f=49&t=34510

[Luffield]

Brilliant news! Can't wait to get rid of that Oracle logo I see every time I launch OO.o.
Bring it on!

[andymorton]

Thanks for posting this. I'm downloading the beta

[Luffield]

Andy, I decided not to try the beta yet because I think the differences between this version and OO.o 3.2 will be negligible. If you notice anything worth the bandwidth, I'll be happy if you report here. Thanks!

[andymorton]

Andy, I decided not to try the beta yet because I think the differences between this version and OO.o 3.2 will be negligible. If you notice anything worth the bandwidth, I'll be happy if you report here. Thanks!

Will do. I'm just trying to work out how to install it. Am I right in thinking that .rpm files won't run on Ubuntu?

andy

[inobe]

thanks

[inobe]

Will do. I'm just trying to work out how to install it. Am I right in thinking that .rpm files won't run on Ubuntu?

andy

you would want to use a .deb

[andymorton]

you would want to use a .deb

No .debs to be found I'm afraid. If only I was using Fedora

[Luffield]

Am I right in thinking that .rpm files won't run on Ubuntu?

That's right, .rpm package files are used in other distros (e.g. Red Hat and Suse).
You can install .rpm packages in Ubuntu using a program called "alien", but IIRC the results are sometimes not very stable.
I would advise you to wait until a native Ubuntu package is available.

[inobe]

No .debs to be found I'm afraid. If only I was using Fedora

it won't be long till it's released.