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Submission + - Ubuntu vs. Windows in OpenOffice.org Benchmark (oooninja.com)

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ahziem

on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @09:57AM

ahziem writes: "Ubuntu's Intrepid Ibex and Redmond's Windows XP go head-to-head in an OpenOffice.org 3.0 performance smackdown measuring vanilla OpenOffice.org, StarOffice, Go-oo, and Portable OpenOffice.org 3.0. Each platform and edition does well in different tests. Go-oo is known for its proud slogan "Better, Faster, Freer," but last time with OpenOffice.org 2.4 on Fedora, Go-oo came in fourth place out of four. Slashdot has previously reported Ubuntu beating Vista and Windows 7 in benchmarks, so either XP is faster or this benchmark carries a different weight."

Comment It gets worse (Score 2, Insightful) 530

by ahziem on Thursday March 05, 2009 @10:25PM (#27086531) Attached to: State of Colorado Calls Firefox Insecure, IE6 Safe

The home page has double HTML tags (and is in designed in FrontPage 6.0). Years ago, I reported the double HTML tags to the web master, but he said it wasn't feasible to fix.

Who takes advice from these people? :)

Comment I did it (Score 1) 503

by ahziem on Tuesday January 20, 2009 @03:50PM (#26534477) Attached to: Can a Small Business Migrate Smoothly To OpenOffice.org v3?

I administered ~50 computers at a non-profit. We ran the latest OpenOffice.org (versions 1 and 2) for several years and even after I left the company.

Generally training and file format compatibility were not an issue. The initial draw to OpenOffice.org was not having to count licenses (so tedious!), and later it helped us switch half the systems to Linux (most on a terminal server).

One 'gotcha' was that the accountant needed Excel to use Quickbooks because it interfaces directly over a COM API.

The second in charge (an Apple fanboy ironically) wanted to switch to Microsoft. He didn't give a good case why.

To increase compatibility reading OpenXML, install odf-converter-integrator. To understand how it works, read "A Better Docx Converter".

Submission + - New Features in OpenOffice.org 3.1, an Early Look (oooninja.com) 1

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ahziem

on Tuesday January 20, 2009 @09:58AM

ahziem writes: "With the final release two months away and an alpha version available, it's time to look at OpenOffice.org 3.1's new features: eye candy, better charts, replying to notes in the margin, overlining, macros in Base, RTL improvements for Arabic and Hebrew, and (believe it or not) better sorting. Download and report any bugs you find."

Submission + - Myth: Linux Doesn't Need a Registry Cleaner (blogspot.com)

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ahziem

on Tuesday December 30, 2008 @11:04AM

ahziem writes: "Some say Linux's .rpm and .deb superior packaging systems make Linux immune to needing a tool like the ubiquitous CCleaner for Windows, but are bits of software left behind? Some even say there is no Linux registry. Sorry, Linux does need a registry cleaner, and it's called BleachBit."

Submission + - Eye Candy 3D OpenGL Transitions for OpenOffice.org (oooninja.com)

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ahziem

on Saturday February 16, 2008 @10:21PM

ahziem writes: "PowerPoint's push-down transition has done its 15 years of service, and it's time for something new. Do the sleepy faces in your meetings agree? OpenOffice.org Impress 2.4 upstages PowerPoint with ten 3D transitions rendered in OpenGL. Apple's Keynote has already had a similar feature, but Apple was always shiny like that."

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