Anybody using OpenOffice 2.04 (Linux) under Xandros?
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From: the wharf rat on 28 Jan 2010 18:48 In article <hjt1em$sc1$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > >Tried Ubuntu years ago and it never even loaded on any computer I ever Try something more stadard like CentOS.
From: AJL on 28 Jan 2010 21:12 "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >The distro that comes with the EeePC prevents >the user from uninstalling anything pre-installed. You can only remove >what you have added. That's because of the Eee's weird system of having two identical partitions mounted on top of one another, one being read only. It's all explained here with instructions on how to remove it. I still think it would be easier for you just to install the latest version of Ubuntu. It's sure working great on my Eee... http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:removeunionfs
From: BillW50 on 29 Jan 2010 11:09 In news:eeg4m51c99ddopehe7ff6ahvbr8ve62jb4(a)4ax.com, AJL typed on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:12:57 -0700: > "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > >> The distro that comes with the EeePC prevents >> the user from uninstalling anything pre-installed. You can only >> remove what you have added. > > That's because of the Eee's weird system of having two identical > partitions mounted on top of one another, one being read only. It's > all explained here with instructions on how to remove it. I still > think it would be easier for you just to install the latest version of > Ubuntu. It's sure working great on my Eee... > > http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:removeunionfs Yes I remember. And downloading another Ubuntu version for like the 4th time in all of these years. I am sure I'll regret it like all of the other times. :-( -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3
From: BillW50 on 29 Jan 2010 11:12 In news:hjt7nn$d93$2(a)reader1.panix.com, the wharf rat typed on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:48:07 +0000 (UTC): > In article <hjt1em$sc1$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >> >> Tried Ubuntu years ago and it never even loaded on any computer I >> ever > > Try something more stadard like CentOS. That's just a stripped down free RedHat version. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3
From: BillW50 on 29 Jan 2010 11:22
In news:hjt7lo$d93$1(a)reader1.panix.com, the wharf rat typed on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:47:04 +0000 (UTC): > In article <hjt3lt$g2g$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >> >> Where did you find the friggin manual? >> > I googled "install openoffice linux" Good thinking. ;-) Although you would think it would be part of the DEB package. >> Big problem right here! The distro that comes with the EeePC prevents >> the user from uninstalling anything pre-installed. You can only >> remove what you have added. > > You can install to a non-default directory and have both, or you > can install a better Linux distribution on the PC. Done. Can't launch it though. And OO 2.04 still loads with data files associated with it. >> Or I should be able to launch it from the terminal window, right? > > do all these steps from shell. Well you don't really have too, but okay. I think I found out why the spell checker isn't working for 2.04. As it appears you need to select a language first before it will work. And Asus, only included Chinese. :-( -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3 |