Re: [libreoffice-users] Some documents make libreoffice-writer crash

I prefer to always use TDF's version of LO.  Of course my version of 
Linux is Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, so the repository tends to not get the most 
up-to-date version of the packages I use.

I also am using 3.4.6 now.  I am waiting for some issues to be resolved 
in the 3.5.x line that are show-stoppers for me.

I ALWAYS have a working user profile in backup, for when my profile get 
corrupted by something.  That tends to happen about every 6 months or so.

As for Distros, well I like the GNOME desktop used by Ubuntu 10.xx.  I 
have tried 11.xx "classic GNOME" options but I cannot get the panels on 
both the top and bottom of the desktop, like I really want/need them to 
be used for.  Maybe when 12.04 LTS gets going, it would have what I 
need.  I do not like the "tablet style" of desktop environments that 
seem to the the distros are going.  I have had to have GNOME as my 
default desktop with KDE installed so I can use many of its system tools 
that work better for me than GNOME's version.  So I use a combination of 
GNOME and KDE packages.  Until I can get a "modern" distro to give me 
enough of what I need, I cannot switch.  Actually, I use a dual boot 
laptop to test out Ubuntu's newest version to see if I can get it to do 
what I want/need.



On 04/08/2012 06:29 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> There are likely to be differences between the official TDF version and any version in any distros repos because they tend to tweak them a little to fit in better.  It doesn't usually make things go wonky but appears to have broken something for you  this time. 
>
> Noob-friendly "gateway" distros such as Ubuntu/Debian family are great for starting out with Gnu&Linux but once you get into tweaking things yourself you might enjoy giving Arch or Slackware a try.  There are a lot of distros in between the 2 extremes.  Slackware usually tries to do the least amount of tweaking for most packages but apparently Arch has better documentation to help set the whole thing up.  If i went this route i would dual-boot with Ubuntu/Debian for a while by installing Arch or Slackware on a new partition.  I don't think i would go this route at all tho.  I prefer sticking with Ubuntu as articles appear in fairly mainstream media about it and i bump into people that are using it. 
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
> --- On Sun, 8/4/12, Jonathan Schultz<jonathan@imatix.com>  wrote:
>
> From: Jonathan Schultz<jonathan@imatix.com>
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Some documents make libreoffice-writer crash
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Sunday, 8 April, 2012, 5:26
>
> > Presumably you copied
> > the old User Profile to the new place to get your previous settings
> > and Extensions back?
> Yes, did that and it worked fine. I also do some strange things like
> replace the dictionary files with symbolic links into my working
> directories so that they get shared and synchronised between my
> different devices.
>
> >    You can always try the repo version another
> > time and then perhaps do a parallel install after that maybe.
> Since I noticed that the debian testing repository is allegedly the same
> version as TDF's (3.4.6-602) I tried using it but the problem came back.
> So I'll stick with TDF's version for now and wait for a new release.
>
> Cheers,
> Jonathan
>
>    Regards
> > from Tom :)
> >
> >
> > --- On Sun, 8/4/12, Jonathan Schultz<jonathan@imatix.com>   wrote:
> >
> > From: Jonathan Schultz<jonathan@imatix.com>  Subject: Re:
> > [libreoffice-users] Some documents make libreoffice-writer crash To:
> > users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Sunday, 8 April, 2012, 1:11
> >
> > > You might have already tried this but it looks like you didn't
> > > mention it.  Can you download the TDF's official version instead
> > > of using one from the repos?
> > > http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=deb-x86〈=en-GB
> > I have tried it now, and it works! Thank you very much. It messed
> > with my desktop integration a little and put the configuration files
> > in a different place, but when I'd worked that out it all looked
> > good.
> >
> > I didn't bother with the parallel installation though, actually
> > didn't notice that you'd shown me that link until it was too late. I
> > guess I can go back to the debian distro when they get 3.4.6?
> >
> > > Annoyingly the main downloads page tries to give me the .Rpm
> > > instead of the .Deb but also it lets you choose the more stable
> > > 3.4.6 instead of the 3.5.2.
> > It worked for me, ie offered me the .deb installation.
> >
> > Cheers, Jonathan


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