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From: Calum Selkirk <cselkirk@×××××.com>
To: gentooppc-user@g.o
Cc: gentooppc-dev@g.o
Subject: [gentooppc-dev] Fwd: ANNOUNCING: OpenOffice.org 1.0.1 for PPC Linux
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 20:05:38
Message-Id: 20020719010008.GB2881@panix.com
1 ----- Forwarded message from "Kevin B. Hendricks" <kevin.hendricks@×××××××××.ca> -----
2
3 > Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:14:40 -0400
4 > From: "Kevin B. Hendricks" <kevin.hendricks@×××××××××.ca>
5 > To: yellowdog-general@××××××××××××××××××××××××.com,
6 > linuxppc-user@××××××××××××××.org, suse-ppc@××××.com,
7 > debian-powerpc@××××××××××××.org
8 > Cc: discuss@××××××××××.org
9 > Subject: ANNOUNCING: OpenOffice.org 1.0.1 for PPC Linux
10 > X-Mailing-List: <linuxppc-user@××××××××××××××.org>
11 > X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4]
12
13 >
14 > Announcing: OpenOffice.org 1.0.1 for PPC Linux
15 >
16 > What is it?
17 > --------------
18 > OpenOffice.org provides a free (source LGPL and no $) almost drop-in
19 > replacement for Microsoft Office and is available for Solaris (Sparc and
20 > x86), Linux (x86 and PPC), WIN (NT, 200, XP, 98, 95, etc), and coming real
21 > soon now (RSN) for FreeBSD, NetBSD, Irix, and Mac OSX. It provides almost
22 > transparent file access to Microsoft Office files.
23 >
24 > Please see http://www.openoffice.org for more info and additional download
25 > sites for major platforms. PPC Linux specific download sites are provided
26 > below.
27 >
28 >
29 > What's New in This Release?
30 > ------------------------------
31 > - built using gcc-3.1.1 pre
32 > - improved font handling
33 > - new shared dictionary support
34 > - user-installed hyphenation dictionaries now possible
35 > - huge number of bug fixes and stability improvments
36 >
37 > For a more complete listing of fixed bugs:
38 >
39 > http://tools.openoffice.org/releases/changelog.html
40 >
41 >
42 > This version should work on stock Debian, SuSE 7.3, YDL 2.2 and YDL 2.3,
43 > and almost any other PPC Linux distribution using at least glibc 2.2.1.
44 >
45 > Please Note: Debian users may want to use the official Debian builds which
46 > include better desktop integration for Debian users and have been built
47 > and tested on Debian systems (although this version will work too)
48 >
49 >
50 > DISCLAIMER
51 > --------------
52 > This is the usual disclaimer. OOo 1.0.1 should be a rock steady release
53 > but please don't complain if you loose everything! I use it constantly
54 > and have not experienced any problems but I can make no guarantees.
55 > If interested, you can build your own binary direct from source.
56 > (see below).
57 >
58 > Please check out http://www.openoffice.org for more info on the
59 > OpenOffice.org project
60 >
61 >
62 > What's Available (English Only)?
63 > ----------------------------------
64 > - OOo_1.0.1c_LinuxPPC_installer.tar.gz
65 > md5sum: 432cf242c085fb3a3675779b393ed2b4
66 > 64939379 bytes
67 >
68 > - OpenOffice_README.ppclinux
69 >
70 > inside the installer is a complete installation/setup
71 > guide in pdf format.
72 >
73 >
74 > Where can I download it?
75 > ---------------------------
76 > ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/software/openoffice/
77 > ftp://ftp.suse/com/pub/projects/powerpc/openoffice/
78 > ftp://ftp.stardiv.de/pub/OpenOffice.org/contrib/linuxppc/
79 >
80 > And it is available from up-to-date YellowDog Linux Mirrors:
81 > http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/resources/ftp_mirrors.shtml
82 >
83 > Hopefully it will appear on penguinppc.org sites soon.
84 >
85 >
86 > Building your own from Source
87 > ----------------------------------
88 > Building your own OOo binary is not for the faint hearted and takes at
89 > least 2 gig of free disk space and up to date tools. If you are
90 > interested in building your own version direct from source, please contact
91 > me and I will try to provide you with and recent or nedded patches and
92 > some short build instructions. Right now the build of 1.0.1 requires gcc
93 > 3.X.
94 >
95 > Thanks,
96 >
97 > Kevin B. Hendricks
98 > kevin.hendricks@×××××××××.ca
99 >
100 >
101 > ** Sent via the linuxppc-user mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
102 >
103
104 ----- End forwarded message -----

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