Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:15:33 -0900 From: Beech Rintoul <akbeech@alaskaparadise.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: "James B. Van Bokkelen" <jbvb@sandstorm.net> Subject: Re: 6.0-RELEASE as an office desktop? Message-ID: <200601301116.04285.akbeech@alaskaparadise.com> In-Reply-To: <43DE6F90.7090206@sandstorm.net> References: <43DE6F90.7090206@sandstorm.net>
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--nextPart36749469.aXyMaQSDv3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Monday 30 January 2006 10:57, James B. Van Bokkelen wrote: > I am using a Dell D610 laptop as a dual-purpose machine. The current > release of the product I'm working on uses FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE, and > I am building kernels and applications using it. With this machine, > I am trying to get away from using WinXP for mail and office documents. > > I installed the distributed Gnome 2-2.10.2 and generally like it. > Because Gnome's mail tools don't do IMAP with local mail storage for > off-line use, I installed the thunderbird-1.0.6 package. It is usable, > but has problems fixed in 1.0.7 or 1.5. I attempted to build 1.5 from > ports, and while the result worked, shared library changes apparently > broke Gnome, so I reinstalled 6.0-RELEASE and went back to 1.0.6. > Finally, it appears that no Open Office package is available for > 6.0-RELEASE (1.0.3_6 wants much older ORBit and glib). I started to > build OO from ports, but the makefile warned me it needed 9GB free, > which would require another cycle of re-installation to obtain. > > So, it appears that I'm stalled. Building from ports introduces > library skew issues which compromise the machine as a development > environment. But obtaining Open Office for 6.0-RELEASE appears to > raise the bar beyond what I can justify to get shut of Windows. > > I know the volunteer nature of this - the first software I released > under a "copyleft" was for DECUS in the early 1980s. But I would like > to suggest that future RELEASE distributions have a goal that a usable > office desktop environment be obtainable in a straightforward way, > either from the distribution CDs, or via the net using 'pkg_add -r'. > The 6.0-RELEASE Gnome comes close, but the lack of a canned Open Office > should, IMO, be remedied. You might want to consider using KDE as your desktop. KMail works with IMAP= =20 and the KOffice suite is very functional. IMHO, KDE is a far more mature=20 application than Gnome and can be added as a port or package. > > And in the mean time, if anyone wanted to supply me a clue or two, or > point me at a package built for 6.0-RELEASE for either Open Office > 2.x or Thunderbird 1.5, I would be quite pleased. > Beech =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - akbeech@alaskaparadise.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Alaska Paradise Travel \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://www.alaskaparadise.com =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- --nextPart36749469.aXyMaQSDv3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBD3nQD1HPO4IQJSE0RAjLSAJwMP0wqIcShcsshg7fSU36F07KvkwCfRtuJ enC/N4jBlgX0zWa8LuEUoWs= =xYOd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart36749469.aXyMaQSDv3--
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