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I have not had anyone install OO on Vista yet, is this the problem? On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 17:45 +0100, Robin Menneer wrote: > > > On 5/15/07, Neil Winchurst <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 15 May 2007 12:21:04 +0100 > Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Sounds good > > > > What office software is included, is it possible to > install > > openoffice.org along side MS office. If it can it means > that a) they > > can run courses using openoffice, and give the software > away for people > > to use the same software at home. Its also good for > advocacy on the > > alternatives. > > > > If they are stuck with MS works, then its an ideal > opportunity, refer > > to recent thread regarding wps file formats. > > > > Once people are using openoffice.org switching to Linux is > much easier > > if you are familar with an office suite application. > > > > Same would apply for thunderbird / Firefox. > > > > What do you mean by Linux training exactly, perhaps Open > source > > software related training sounds better, especially as > Linux is really > > the kernel. > > > > Is it possible for the lug to hold meetings at this > venue, if so and on > > a regular basis, it opens up a whole window of opportunity > for the > > lug, as meetings can be open to the public, and perhaps we > can give > > demos and talks about free software issues, without being > too technical > > or political, raise awareness of attacks of freedom (DRM , > patents etc), > > > > If people look at openoffice.org and agree its a good piece > of > > software, then its a first step on the long road to more > acceptance. > > > > for any one who does not know where holsworthy is > > > > *http://www.visitholsworthy.com/info.php?info=location* > > > > *Hope this helps* > > > > *paul* > > > I will be up in town tomorrow. As there seems to be some > interest I > will make some enquiries and come back with some more info. > > Neil > > > Just spent much of the afternoon waiting for OO to recover on four > different occcasions for four different reasons, finishing up with > putting the Applications/Places line at the bottom of the screen just > above the file line. Closing down, leaving for a time then starting > up again hss made no difference. This is a different problem to that > of OO hanging up, but it just happened in the same session, I think. > Anybody have any ideas please ? > > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- Kevin Lucas <kevin.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Minions Shop Cornwall's Top Shop -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html