Text, Wordprocessing and Office
Ok, my next effort is not really in the pUPnGO mould (because it is huge as a result of having the full Freeoffice2012 suite and lots of language files that I decided to leave in in case they were useful to someone), but anyway, here is an iso of pUPnGO2012 with Freeoffice2012 installed
http://www.mediafire.com/file/8pzscvv8j ... office.iso
Why Freeoffice2012?
- It seems really fast (productivity boost!)
- Does not need Java (security benefit). (LibreOffice seems to need Java - which I don't feel secure using)
- It can export to pdf
- It is apparently very good with Msoft formats (I have found that Abiword seems to have a buggy display so I needed a lightweight but capable alternative)
- It can read docx files, and is able to edit them, but not save in the docx format. (so if someone sends you a docx you can read and modify, but have to send back as a doc or pdf etc). If you need to save in docx format you will need the paid version of Softmaker Office 2012
Some notes:
-In order to get Freeoffice going it is necessary to give it 3 bits of information: The name that you registered with Softmaker (I guess it doesn't have to be your real name, but the program key gets generated from this name and from the email address you supply so you have to keep a record of this info), your email address, and the unique key that Softmaker generates when you register with them. (I have found them to be non-intrusive so I think it is worth registering with them in order to get the functions of Freeoffice)
- This iso has the xorg pet installed because without xorg running Freeoffice gives an "Xrender initialise" error.
- At boot time Xorg is not running so it is necessary to "shutdown to prompt", then type "xorgwizard", select xorg settings as appropriate, then type "xwin". It seemed safer to have X not starting automatically at this stage (I have to learn how best to set that up...). See notes in next posts re how to get xorg resolution corrrectly set up if you have issues.
- I've got some finetuning to do (don't know what incorrect settings I may have left in there - the desktop drive icons seem out of position)
I may make another version of this iso without the planmaker or presentations software, just to reduce size.
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Textmaker2012
This iso uses the Textmaker portion of Freeoffice2012 (not including Planmaker or Presentations).
- It has the same benefits and xorg requirements mentioned in Freeoffice post above.
- Great for creating pdfs on a lightweight machine!
- Great for reading docx.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/mg9von7dd ... TM2012.iso
(I have noticed that Textmaker runs slowly on one of my machines when running from LiveCD, so if you have that problem I recommend testing from an installed setup)
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Textmaker2002:
I have uploaded an iso containing pupngo2012 plus Textmaker2002 which is the older forerunner of the word processor used in Freeoffice. It does not require registration (it provides a "skip registration" button) and has the following attributes:
- Textmaker2002 is very quick to load and run
- Is the wordprocessor only - not the full suite like Freeoffice
- Does not require xorg (I might also make an xorg version)
- Is good with Microsoft .rtf and .doc formats which are really all I used Abiword for anyway.
- Does not understand docx.
- Does not export to pdf.
Just might be useful for some older machines that have little cpu power, or for more modern machines with impatient owners (like me).
Available here:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ua8jd5f3k ... er2002.iso
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