Re: [LUG] Holsworthy Memorial Hall

On 5/15/07, Kevin Lucas <kevin.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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 ?
>
>
>
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I take a lot of care to keep well away from MS. I use OO with Ubuntu on an old compaq laptop. The OO recovers quite happily most of the time, it's just frustrating to have to wait.
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