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Apparently, though unproven, at 22:28 on Wednesday 25 May 2011, Stéphane |
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Guedon did opine thusly: |
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> On Wednesday 25 May 2011 22:07:15 Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Stéphane Guedon <stephane@××××××××××.eu> |
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> > > Hello |
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> > > Some of you tried both LibreOffice / OpenOffice / Calligra recently ? |
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> > > What do you think of them ? Which is stable / not yet fully finish ? |
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> > > ... |
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> > They are both very mature and stable and should be able to do almost |
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> > anything you need, as long as that need is not 100% MS-compatibility. |
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> > ;) |
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> I need a small MS-compatibility, as anyone I think. |
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> I wonder if calligra is mature enough to be used (cause openoffice not |
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> fully integrated with my desktop environnement). |
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> Openoffice/Libreoffice... => which to choose ? |
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> Openoffice is heavy whereas I think calligra light, thus, easier to update, |
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> but is calligra solid enough ? |
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Calligra is pretty OK. As a comparison, I'd say it's comparable quality-wise |
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to ~amd64 meaning it should work just fine and as a Gentoo user you ought to |
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be able to deal with issues where it isn't. |
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But you are asking the wrong question - you want "MS-compatibility" but don't |
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say what that means. Keep in mind that Office is not even compatible with |
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itself between versions. |
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What exactly are your needs? |
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100% complete compatibility of all Office features requires Office. |
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If you don't need 100% but do need something pretty damn close, OOo is you're |
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first choice. If you just want to be able to read the text of .docs and .docxs |
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and to hell with the formatting, then KWord or Words should be fine. |
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It's a very complex question with no easy answer, and only you can tell. I say |
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install KOffice and give it a test drive, see for yourself. Rest assured it |
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won't eat your kittens when you run it. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |