Re: [SLUG] StarOffice strangeness/screen freeze during install

From: Glen (gurensan@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Tue Nov 13 2001 - 19:29:46 EST


In answer to the original question, the environment setting goes into either
~/.bashrc or ~/.profile, if you use bash then you could use either of
these... if I'm not just talking out of my butt.

        Glen

On Tuesday 13 November 2001 08:23, you wrote:
> On Tuesday 13 November 2001 07:10 am, Tina Gasperson wrote:
> > <robin@roblimo.com> wrote:
> > > SO locks up my whole computer. This is not unknown
> > > behavior. See this
> > > readme...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thoughts? Suggestions?
> >
> > Yeah! Don't use SO! I'll add that to my list of
> > reasons.
> >
> > -Tina
>
> Here are a few more.
>
> 1. I downloaded SO 6.0 beta from star office; took 3 or 4 hours over a 56 k
> modem; it did not run. So, I did it again; it did not run. Then I
> downloaded it from OpenOffice.org and it ran. Total down load time over 12
> hours.
>
> 2 Once downloaded I was forced to install it as user not globally even
> though I got it from OpenOffice.org.
>
> 3. SO 6.0 looks exactly like SO 5.2 with out the first opening screen. This
> sounds strange but 5.2 was better. At least you did not have to open a word
> document to open a spreadsheet.
>
> 4. Talking of opening a spread sheet. There are at least 4 programs in SO
> 6.0 that will start the program. What the difference is is anybody's guess
> but most likely one or more are simply programs that call the correct
> program and could be removed. Conversely there appears to be no easy to
> find entry that will open SO 6.0 except as a word document.
>
> All this being said it is still much better than Koffice which creates a
> core dump every time it is opened. Also SO will read more foreign files
> than Koffice. As far as Gnome Office it is still to primitive to be of
> major interest.
>
> Frank



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