Is LibreOffice *THAT* bad? :(
Michael Havens
bmike1 at gmail.com
Sat Sep 28 10:48:10 MST 2013
you are correct.... thanks for telling me!
:-)~MIKE~(-:
On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sounds like you missed doing the sudo apt-get update before the install so
> although the PPA was in the sources list, the local listing of what what is
> in the repositories had not been updated
>
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I just added the repository (sudo add-apt-repository
>> ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-4-1) (4.1.1 is the most current ppa) and tried
>> to install it (sudo apt-get install libreoffice) and the response is that
>> libreoffice is already the newest version. (libreoffice 3.6.2.2)
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> There are many articles about how to get more up to date versions of
>>> almost any software than you distribution carries in its official
>>> repositories. LibreOffice is no different. One can download it directly
>>> from the LibreOffice site or you can add a PPA to your software sources.
>>> There are a few low risk drawbacks to doing so but they are minimal for a
>>> major piece of software. Just look at the LibreOffice.org site to see what
>>> the latest version is or Google the question.
>>>
>>> But you could first check what the Software center is offering because
>>> you 3.6? version is definitely old.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:16 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there a way to get synaptic or apt to install a more recent version?
>>>>
>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If you are seeing that, I would encourage you to upgrade. That is
>>>>> some basic functionality that is not working for you. I've never seen such
>>>>> a basic bug before.
>>>>>
>>>>> Brian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 09/27/2013 02:52 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 3.6.2.2
>>>>>> If I remember correctly it happens sporadically.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com
>>>>>> <mailto:brian at snaptek.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What version are you using, because I definitely can't reproduce
>>>>>> that. If I delete any of the cells, the answer is correct.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brian
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 09/27/2013 12:53 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> here is a good example... I found if I delete cells that
>>>>>> functions are
>>>>>> performed on (cell1+cell2=cell3) the total isn't recalculated
>>>>>> (cell3
>>>>>> isn't right).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Paul Mooring <
>>>>>> paul at opscode.com
>>>>>> <mailto:paul at opscode.com>
>>>>>> <mailto:paul at opscode.com <mailto:paul at opscode.com>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not really much of an office suite user, but my
>>>>>> experience and
>>>>>> the feedback I've heard has always been yes it is bad
>>>>>> compared to MS
>>>>>> Office. I think Libre/Open office covers 90% of use
>>>>>> cases
>>>>>> and is
>>>>>> more than capable of handling what most users need,
>>>>>> however
>>>>>> it's
>>>>>> interface isn't nearly as good, it lacks the vbscript
>>>>>> macros the
>>>>>> rest of the world uses, it's charting/graphs don't look
>>>>>> as
>>>>>> nice and
>>>>>> formatting comes out mangled when excel users open it (or
>>>>>> when you
>>>>>> open an xlsx). Microsoft has invested a lot of time,
>>>>>> money and
>>>>>> energy into getting Excel just right and it really is a
>>>>>> great (if
>>>>>> not their best) product. The heavy excel users I know
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>> run Windows keep a Win7 VM around for Office/Excel use.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As a side note I think one thing that the Linux/FLOSS
>>>>>> community is
>>>>>> very bad at is learning from what others get right. You
>>>>>> might not
>>>>>> like Microsoft but to claim their popularity was in no
>>>>>> way
>>>>>> due to
>>>>>> making some good products is disingenuous at best. If
>>>>>> people
>>>>>> genuinely care about increasing Linux desktop usage
>>>>>> (which
>>>>>> is not of
>>>>>> any particular interest to me personally) the right
>>>>>> questions to ask
>>>>>> are about what MS and Apple get right rather than what
>>>>>> they
>>>>>> get wrong.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:54 AM, <
>>>>>> kitepilot at kitepilot.com
>>>>>> <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.**com <kitepilot at kitepilot.com>>
>>>>>> <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.__**com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.**com <kitepilot at kitepilot.com>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So I talked my brother into ditching Micro$haft and
>>>>>> moving to Linux.
>>>>>> Baaaad idea...
>>>>>> The man uses Excel *HEAVILY*, and LibreOffice just
>>>>>> could not
>>>>>> keep up.
>>>>>> But it was not lack of features or limitations, it
>>>>>> was
>>>>>> *STUPID*
>>>>>> (but dangerous) things like cells not showing the
>>>>>> real
>>>>>> value
>>>>>> and/or recalculating wrong.
>>>>>> I didn't take his word for it, he showed me the
>>>>>> (unbelievable)
>>>>>> problems (I could not believe what I was seeing).
>>>>>> The guy is back to Excel...
>>>>>> What am I missing?
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