Got it here.

Post #37,144 by kmself 5/1/02 9:57:53 PM Reply	Got it here. Downloaded and installed the Linux version, grabbed the Windows installer as well though it's not been parked on any boxen yet. German mirror worked well for me. Cool stuff for the Linux version: The installer is now CLI based -- none of this "you have to log in as root with an X11 session" crap to install the system. Default install is now multi-user rather than single user (this was the old "/net" option). First-time run by a user still brings up a mini install, full-screen, process. There's about 2MB of data to be copied over for local use. The installer has several useful, and (shock!) documented CLI options. `--help` will show. "Print as PDF" is build in. This saves us for Adobe Acrobat 4.0 licenses (Boycott Adobe! We Freed Dmitry! Repeal the DMCA!) Startup is loads faster than prior versions. Initial startup: ~15 seconds. Startup when data are cached: < 1 second (P-III 600MHz, 5200 RPM SCSI, 384 MB RAM). This is roughly half the time required for the 638 build on the same system. Looks like it's lost some weight. Roughly 51MB for 638, vs. 36MB for 1.0, for a naked session. This is progress. If I could get over my innate hatred of office suites, I might almost like this. `-- Karsten M. Self [link\|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com\|kmself@ix.netcom.com] [link\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/\|[link\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/]] What part of "gestalt" don't you understand? Keep software free. Oppose the CBDTPA. Kill S.2048 dead. [link\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html\|[link\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html\|http://www.eff.org/...a_alert.html]]`
Post #37,147 by imric 5/1/02 10:10:48 PM Reply	I wasn't impressed the last time I looked some time ago... I'm looking forward to checking it out - if I can get through, that is... Imric's Tips for Living Paranoia Is a Survival Trait Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised... Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
Post #37,160 by tjsinclair 5/2/02 12:53:52 AM Reply	I think Slashdot has a list of mirrors.... Tom Sinclair "Subverting Young Minds Since 03/13/2000"
Post #37,162 by kmself 5/2/02 1:33:55 AM Reply	Mirrors listed at OO.org ...the site itself was accessbile. Their downloads come from other servers in NY and SF, which should be taking the bulk of traffic (and were nonresponsive when I D/L'd.) I pretty much went through the entire American/EU mirrors list, suspect OZ and Asia are less traffiked. Mirrors list [link\|http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/1.0.0/index.html\|here]. `-- Karsten M. Self [link\|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com\|kmself@ix.netcom.com] [link\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/\|[link\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/]] What part of "gestalt" don't you understand? Keep software free. Oppose the CBDTPA. Kill S.2048 dead. [link\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html\|[link\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html\|http://www.eff.org/...a_alert.html]]`
Post #37,254 by inthane-chan 5/2/02 6:00:59 PM Reply	Print as PDF I dl'ed SO 1.0, installed, and there is no Print as PDF option that I can find. :P Of course, this is Win2k, so there might be some issue that they couldn't get around... "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Post #37,282 by kmself 5/2/02 9:25:41 PM Reply	Navigation Print (icon or File -> print) Select "Print to file" In the file-selection dialog, select "PDF" in the "File Type" combo box. That's it. Got that under Windows? `-- Karsten M. Self [link\|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com\|kmself@ix.netcom.com] [link\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/\|[link\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/]] What part of "gestalt" don't you understand? Keep software free. Oppose the CBDTPA. Kill S.2048 dead. [link\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html\|[link\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html\|http://www.eff.org/...a_alert.html]]`
Post #37,358 by inthane-chan 5/3/02 2:07:18 PM Reply	Nope. In the file type selection box, the only option is "all". "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Post #37,391 by folkert 5/3/02 6:09:18 PM Reply	Print as PDF in Win32 Solution err workaround Well it comes getting a PDF from Windows without Adobe... it is as simple as having a Linux samba server hanging around. First, install a generic PS printer nearly any PS printer should work, low or high functionality. Make sure it prints to a file. Second, make sure you have a mapped drive to a samba server that has GhostScript on it. Third, print ANY document from ALMOST any application in wondows to the new printer and to the a file on the mapped drive (typically my "Home" Directory I use) Fourth, SSH to your linux box, locate your file, run ps2pdf included with the ghostscript packages installed on your Linux machine. i.e.: `ps2pdf foo.ps foo.pdf` Give you a straight PDF. Not locked down or anything... so you can modify it if you want to. Or use some of the features in GhostScript to make it read only. `greg, curley95@attbi.com -- REMEMBER ED CURRY!!!`
Post #37,451 by pwhysall 5/4/02 2:36:05 AM Reply	Gross, dude. Yeah, I can really see me getting the secretaries to do that. And can you IMAGINE trying to explain this to a project manager? Can you? :-) Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal]
Post #37,512 by folkert 5/4/02 6:01:25 PM Reply	YEah... Yeah... tis not optimal But, I don't want to setup a Ghostscript Ripper Deamon on my W2K box... it is just easier for me. Granted, most secretaries have a tought time printing Long-Edge Duplexing... let alone something like this. But as they saying goes... there is ALWAYS more than one way to skin a cat. I am looking into 2 really nasty things right now. One, getting Moz to be the System Shell. Two, Compiling GhostScript on Win2K (by myself not some binaries you D/L) so I can start playing with just the thing to knock on Adobe's niche. Oh well. At least there IS a workaround... but tell me, when has ANY workaround been easy?? `greg, curley95@attbi.com -- REMEMBER ED CURRY!!!`
Post #37,456 by altmann 5/4/02 4:26:50 AM Reply	Or use Redmon and keep it local [link\|http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/redmon/\|Redmon] lets you redirect the printer driver output to a program of your choice. -- Chris Altmann
Post #37,359 by tseliot 5/3/02 2:09:19 PM Reply	Windows version equally impressive Agree on all points, plus: They got rid of that annoying MDI interface--it's all separate modules, now. The Writer opened a brochure I had written in Word without a single correction needed. Other free suites (ThinkFree, etc) don't even come close on tables and styles. Not to mention that even Word itself couldn't open the document without munging the tables and switching one of the display fonts to Courier! Draw--this is my new migration path to get rid of MS Office; I'm giving it to the Field Team for house plan diagrams, etc. Funny how Writer, Calc, etc, come along with it free of charge. :) Way to go OpenOffice! --------------------------------- Many fears are born of stupidity and ignorance - Which you should be feeding with rumour and generalisation. BOfH, 2002 "Episode" 10
Post #37,369 by Ashton 5/3/02 3:18:45 PM Reply	Thanks for That tip! Passing this-all along. Could this finally begin to pound that stake into the Heart of the M$ cashcow ?? I need no 'office suite' personally, but I guess duty requires that I play with this one - eventually to wean the local non-profit from further truck with Evil. Please let us know if.. you actually do succeed in replacing Orifice on all / most machines (?) Gracias, Ashton who begins to believe that there may actually be a Debbil! -- not with horns, but Ego run amok: Ugly. :(
Post #37,473 by Another Scott 5/4/02 8:53:20 AM Reply	It sounds like it might actually be useful now. * They got rid of that annoying MDI interface--it's all separate modules, now. That's what annoyed me most about StarOffice when I played with it on OS/2 years ago. It's good to see that that's finally gone. I notice on the porting page that a MacOS X port is underway, and a couple of fellows are working on an OS/2 port. If Apple has any sense they'll strongly support work on the MacOS port... I hope the project has some legs. It would be great to get away from having to use MS Office. <... should I finally get a laptop Mac capable of running OS X?...> Cheers, Scott.
Post #38,370 by static 5/12/02 7:21:29 AM Reply	OO on Mac OS I can't remember where I saw it, unfortunately, but I stumbled across a screenshot of OpenOffice showing Taiwanese fonts running under what looked like OS X. :-) It was only two or three days ago. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #38,380 by tjsinclair 5/12/02 2:08:28 PM Reply	I read about this They managed a successful build of 638, I believe. It runs on OS X, but only under X Windows. However, with this start they may be able to come up with a build that runs natively under Aqua. I'm very much looking forward to this, as I've used OO on Linux and it's pretty nice. Tom Sinclair "Subverting Young Minds Since 03/13/2000"

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