[plug] Local StarOffice...

[Gavin Tweedie]

ftp://live.networx.net.au/pub/StarOffice

make sure you thank Matt as its from his box :)


Gav

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Mitchell, Clive wrote:

> I have the complete 5.1a distribution (linux/solaris/win/os2) on CD
> if it's of help to anybody.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Wright [mailto:pete at cygnus.uwa.edu.au]
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 10:46 AM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: [plug] Local StarOffice...
> 
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> There was a bit of discussion recently about the "latest" StarOffice,
> I think 5.1a. For those who have downloaded and played with it, can
> you tell me if it links to glibc 2.1? The "old" StarOffice 5.1 I was
> using on my main machine and last night failed to reinstall tries to
> use glibc 2.0 by default.
> 
> I'm considering upgrading to the latest in a desperate attempt to get
> around a spectacular bug in XFree86 3.3.6 on my Debian potato
> system... simply starting up StarOffice causes the Xserver to crash.
> 
> Which was a bit of a bugger, as I had quite a few files in SO format I
> needed to edit :-(. Thankfully my work machine (also Debian, also X
> 3.3.6) still seems to have no problem with StarOffice, and I can at
> least get my spreadsheets into an *ahem* "format" Gnumeric can handle,
> though it makes me feel ill to do so. :(
> 
> 
> Anyway, does anyone know of (or have made available ;) a local mirror
> of the latest StarOffice? I vainly attempted to start a download from
> Sun's site but even the bloody form request timed out on me *roll of eyes*.
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> 
> Pete.
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