Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Issues downloading LibreOffice Portable

Did someone [other than you]  once state that the X-LibreOffice can be 
run even if you have installed a version of Lo on your Windows system, 
while the PortableApps version cannot?

I do not use Windows, much, unless I need to deal with a Win-only 
package on my laptop[s].  I mostly use Ubuntu 12.04LTS, which is the 
only OS on my desktop [Ubuntu 12.04LTS 64-bit, Quad processor with 6 TB 
of drive space].  I use my laptops for both Ubuntu and Win7 OSs, when 
needed.

So, if I get what you are implying, you would recommend using the 
X-LibreOffice on a flash drive to show users how well LO could work for 
them, without having them install LO on their systems. Is there anything 
else from the winPenPack that should be installed on that flash drive 
[16 GB would be my choice] to make the use/process be "smoother" for the 
demonstration?

Also, can you install extra dictionaries and other .oxt extensions to 
the X-LibreOffice flash drive setup?  Some of the extension that are 
"out there" might be useful for a potential user, plus my 797,865 word 
spell checking en_US dictionary is something I tend to install by 
default on any system that I install LO on.

If the X-LibreOffice is a good option, I may add that to the NA-DVD 
project as a second portable version choice.  Since I got out of a 
week's stay in the hospital, I have been thinking about what I can do to 
improve that project and the presentation [again] to local business 
groups.  So having more options and more documentation showing how well 
LO works for the business and educational communities would help.  The 
option of trying out a faster portable version of LO would be one of the 
helpers.  Last time I tried the PortableApps.com version, it was very 
slow on my dual core laptop.


On 12/19/2013 12:04 PM, Pedro wrote:
> krackedpress wrote
> > What do you mean by "more features" and "better optimized"?  I thought
> > that the PortableApps.com version that LO's web site links to does not
> > remove any features so the "more features" statement needs to be
> > clarified.
> No features are removed on any of the Portable packs.
>
> winPenPack allows to choose on first run the language that you want to use
> as default for the interface and any other language (or languages) as
> alternative for the GUI as well as for dictionaries.
>
> PortableApps only allows to choose between English only OR English (US and
> GB), Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, German, Italian,
> Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian and Portugal), Russian, and Spanish
> There is no option for e.g. Portuguese only.
>
> On a slow computer when running LO from a pen drive (connected to a USB 2.0
> port...) X-LibreOffice loads faster and seems to respond faster (maybe
> because it has less language modules?) than Portable LibreOffice
>
> Another reason why I prefer winPenPack is that new releases of X-LibreOffice
> are usually available soon after the official release by TDF (e.g. LO 4.1.4
> was announced yesterday and X-LibreOffice 4.1.4 is already available today)
> This allows me to install a new version (e.g. LO 4.2.0.1 which is a Release
> Candidate so it overwrites my install) and still have the previous version
> as a portable ready to test for regressions.
>
>
> krackedpress wrote
> > If the "winPenPack" is so much better than the other one, then why is it
> > not listed in the "Portable" page of LO's site?
> Maybe because X-LibreOffice is only sanctioned by the Italian LibreOffice
> Community
> http://it.libreoffice.org/download/portatile/
> but not by the German/Global TDF...
> You should ask that to TDF.
>
>
>
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