From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 28 9:15:33 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gadolinium.btinternet.com (gadolinium.btinternet.com [194.73.73.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79DFE37C0CF for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2000 09:15:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from [62.6.86.179] (helo=parish.my.domain) by gadolinium.btinternet.com with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 12Zzam-0001c6-00; Tue, 28 Mar 2000 18:15:48 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA00728; Tue, 28 Mar 2000 18:15:03 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 18:15:02 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Danny Cc: Jim Durham , dave , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question on staroffice? Message-ID: <20000328181502.A264@parish> References: <38DE079B.21FEB9FF@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> <00032910494904.00326@freebsd.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <00032910494904.00326@freebsd.freebsd.org>; from dannyh@idx.com.au on Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 10:47:42AM +1000 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 10:47:42AM +1000, Danny wrote: > > Hello > > Personally I find StarOffice from Sun very limited in features. From memory > StarOffice doesn't even support "tables" 5.1 does, I just checked. > so you can't like do proper > documentation with it. > > If you want a good office package for your FreeBSD box get FreeBSD Applixware > which is not so limited in features. But you have to pay for it. > > On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, Jim Durham wrote: > > dave wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > Is anyone using staroffice 5.1? I was wondering if it is worth the > > > download time, and if it requires any additional configuration? Does it run > > > in x or console mode? > > > Thanks. > > > Dave. > > > > I'm using it with 3.4 . It has it's good and bad points. > > On the plus side, the word processor, spreadsheet and > > database seem to work well and interface nicely with the > > M$ world. The built-in browser is much more stable on > > my system than the later Netscapes. > > > > On the other hand, it tries to replace your GUI desktop > > with its own desktop, which I don't like. It is also > > a huge binary (soffice.bin) that loads a separate instance > > for every function (mail, spreadsheet, etc) and takes up a > > huge amount of memory, violating the unix tradition of > > small programs that do one job, this is a big, huge program > > that does many jobs. Also, StarMail works well, but it > > saves mail in some proprietary format, which makes it > > hard to deal with things like telnetting in to your > > system from the 'net and runing a text-based mailer on > > your mail folders. > > > > All that said, it's far more functional for real work > > than anything else I've tried, at least where you have > > to deal with M$ files at work on a regular basis or as > > attachments in e-mail. > > > > As to configuration, you answer a bunch of questions > > when you complete the initial installation and then > > it installs itself in /usr/local/Office51. Then, each > > user must run the setup stuff, which creates an Office51 > > directory in his/her home directory where are placed the > > desktop and folders and all that jazz. I would much rather > > that it used the home directory itself as its "desktop" > > folder, so that you didn't have to continually paw your > > way up a couple layers of directory tree to get to the > > stuff in your home directory. One of the nice things > > about unix for day to day work is that the environment > > moves with you as far as knowing where you are on the > > system. Staroffice has its own ideas in this regard. > > > > -- > > Jim Durham > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Seminars, n.: From "semi" and "arse", hence, any half-assed discussion. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message