Lotus Symphony for Puppy

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Lotus Symphony for Puppy

#1 Post by davec51 »

IBM's free office suite, Lotus Symphony, might be ideal for Puppy, being a little less bloated and therefore much faster than OpenOffice. Is there a pupget underway, or is one contemplated?

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#2 Post by Lobster »

It is in Beta . . .
http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotu ... ducts.jspa

Don't think the source code is available? Should be.
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#3 Post by BarryK »

I read a review somewhere yesterday, it was not complimentary. I don't have the url of that review, but you could google for it. Basically, the review described it as unfit for use.
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#4 Post by Billcnz »

It's not exactly a light wieght app, (linux installer is 276 MB) so probably bigger than OO. Just thought I'd try it anyway but the installer fails due to mis-reporting available disk space, df -- P option not supported in Puppy's BusyBox.

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#5 Post by flon »

1. From IBM/Lotus' site :
What are the client system requirements?
Lotus Symphony supports platforms for Microsoft Windows and Linux.

Note: Be sure your system meets these client system requirements:
* Supported Windows® platforms: Windows XP, Windows Vista
* Supported Linux platforms: SLED 10, RHEL 5
* At least 750MB of free disk space on Linux and at least 540MB of free disk space on Windows
* At least 512MB RAM memory
* Windows installer does not support AMD64 CPU with XP/Vista 64 bit platforms installed
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2. IMO, IBM is still the owner of the best Office Suite ever made (by Lotus, achieved in middle 1990's). As www shows, Symphony has nothing with the old "Lotus Suite", But.. nothing strange, Symph is part of "I Bizz M" strategies or, better said: TBM -- TheyBM, any doubt?! :wink:

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