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1. LIBREOFFICE UBUNTU INSTALL
2. LIBREOFFICE UBUNTU UPDATE
3. LIBREOFFICE UBUNTU UPGRADE
4. LIBREOFFICE UBUNTU SOFTWARE
5. LIBREOFFICE UBUNTU MAC

LIBREOFFICE UBUNTU UPGRADE

People still use XP because there is a large, stagnant installed base, especially in businesses, who can’t and won’t upgrade as fast as some think they should. How many people do you think are still using a 9 year old Linux distro on a desktop? The problem is that a lot of developers leaves it to the distros to make packages rather than making their own.

Having a central package management system is far superior to having 100 different installer and updater applications. The reason why Ubuntu is looking at this approach of providing continually updated applications is because the ‘better’ way you describe really isn’t.” “Well you can call me sir all you like, but no it isn’t, unless of course your goal is to make it as difficult as possible for users to get updated versions of applications and for developers to get those applications to users. Do you think a pre-SP1 XP from 9 years ago would actually run modern software? How many people do you think are still using a 9 year old Linux distro on a desktop?Īnd besides, XP has recieved 3 service packs nad hundereds of updates over the years. You forgot that windows development pretty much stagnated for some years before MS released Vista in late 2006.

LIBREOFFICE UBUNTU UPDATE

The only thing that Windows lacks is a means for applications to have their own update repositories and systems.”

LIBREOFFICE UBUNTU INSTALL

“Well let’s look at the amount of applications that you can install on Windows and the fact that you can install Open Office on a nine year old OS in Windows XP but not on a nine year old Linux distribution. The technology is there, if they choose to use it. As I said, they should hook it up with the built in package management, there is no need to provide an included update application when the OS already provide the required functionality. Ubuntu was just an example, fedora and OpenSuse works in a similar maner. If you require any newer libraries on Linux they can be bundled.Ģ. It the same thing for Linux, just choose the oldest release you want to support and make packages for it, then fix any problems when installing them on newer releases. Developers have to provide “backports” for windows XP, 2003, vista and the various editions of them too.

LIBREOFFICE UBUNTU MAC

There’s a reason why the update menu item in Firefox was disabled on Linux when it wasn’t on Windows and Mac OS. When they can’t be bothered you’re out of luck.ģ. Developers have to provide backports for every single release. If you want chrome on ubuntu for example you can get the deb from google, double click on it and it will install and automatically hook up with apt so that you get automatic updates (unlike in windows where a lot of apps have their own update application)ġ. With Debian’s package manager as flexible as it is, it seems counter-productive to just hoard all these updates until a major release hits.

No word on when these changes will be implemented, but I’m hoping sooner rather than later.

LIBREOFFICE UBUNTU SOFTWARE

The small steps we are putting in to the Software Center today, they will go further and caster than people might have envisioned in the past.” In an internet-oriented world, we need to be able to release something every day,” Shuttleworth said, “That’s an area we will put a lot of work into in the next five years. “Today we have a six-month release cycle. Mark Shuttleworth wants to change this stringent cycle to allow for more regular updates of common Ububtu components and accompanying applications. This can be quite aggravating when such newer versions include important big fixes or desirable new features. However, this has had one major downside – when major applications, like Firefox or OpenOffice LibreOffice are updated, users will have to wait until the next major release before getting their hands on these updates. While they’re not moving to a rolling release as some websites are claiming, they will update components and applications more often.Ĭurrently, Ubuntu is on a six month release cycle, a cycle it has adhered to very strictly. After announcing the move to Unity, and the eventual move to Wayland further down the line (someday one day perhaps eventually maybe once when unicorns roam the earth), Ubuntu is announcing yet another major change, this time in its release policy.