Subject: Re: StarOffice working for NetBSD 1.5?
To: Bernd Sieker <bsieker@freenet.de>
From: None <wojtek@3miasto.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/24/2001 08:15:20
> > 
> > In the pkgsrc, I have a staroffice directory under misc. The only problem is that's 5.1a, and I can't find it anywhere.
> > 
> > The other problem is I can't get StarOffice 5.2 to work (even after copying all the necessary libraries to /emul/linux/lib). Has anyone had any success with this or can someone tell me where I can find a copy of so-5_2-ga-bin-linux_en?
> 
> StarOffice 5.2 _works_ very well on NetBSD-1.5, it just won't install.

and /proc must be mounted.


> 
> Be aware that for StarOffice 5.2 even 64 MB of RAM might not be enough
> for smooth work. Better to have at least 128. I know this is insane

i have 128MB and it DO swapping on larger docs.

> for an office package, but there it is.

it's SlowOffice (TM) or SwapOffice (TM).

IMHO it's only adventage is that it works on linux/netbsd and is able to
load .doc's. for normal work lyx is much better.