On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 22:08, Chris Carlen wrote:
1. OpenOffice 1.0.3.1
I think 8.2 has only 1.0.2. How can I upgrade it to 1.0.3.1 without breaking functionality? I mean, they have OpenOffice integrated into the menus, and sometimes things get screwy when you remove the Suse OO.org package and install from the OpenOffice.org vanilla binary installation package, which is likely what I will want to do. Can I expect any troubles? Should I use the vanilla or is there a Suse update package to 1.0.3.1?
There are a couple of options, for example ximian.com has oo.org packages for SuSE 8.2
2. Mozilla 1.3.1 with working Java, Javascript, Flash, and Realmedia plugins.
What can I expect here? I see it comes with 1.2.1. So I will be wanting to upgrade to 1.3.1 by installing the package from mozilla.org. Should I use the vanilla or is there an update package to 1.3.1?
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/mozilla
3. Mplayer with Windows media codecs that work, or Xine with the ability to play Windows media.
The packages on http://packman.links2linux.de work perfectly
4. There is also an mplayer plugin for Mozilla or Netscape. Has anyone gotten this to work in Suse 8.2?
Yes, the packages on http://packman.links2linux.de work perfectly
5. We will want to install MS free True Type fonts, and a bunch of Thai fonts. This has always been an ordeal in the past, with some encodings not being set right when I used GUI tools like KDE font installer, so I had to do it by hand, which got things working right.
How is font installation in the newest Suse8.2/KDE 3.1?
the new fontconfig makes font installation very simple Of course this is how it worked for me. Naturally, Lenz' law applies :)