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Lotus Symphony for Puppy
Posted: Sun 20 Jan 2008, 14:44
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?
Posted: Sun 20 Jan 2008, 16:22
by Lobster
It is in Beta . . .
http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotu ... ducts.jspa
Don't think the source code is available? Should be.
Posted: Sun 20 Jan 2008, 22:20
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.
Posted: Mon 21 Jan 2008, 03:01
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.
Posted: Tue 26 Feb 2008, 03:23
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?!
