Post AR2MLLIUDNJLtE5d3I by zleap@qoto.org
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(DIR) Post #AR2MEJnbO18ZDTIK1I by jimjag@mastodon.social
2022-12-27T12:19:06Z
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Yes, Apache OpenOffice is still alive and kicking, and no, it is not intended to be the #opensource office suite for the masses. It still has a very specific use case, and maybe it's not *your* use case, but for those who it is, it's vitally important.Test builds for AOO 4.2.0-Dev4 can be found here: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/openoffice/4.2.0-Dev4/binaries/
(DIR) Post #AR2MEKKZPRVariiePI by pbarker@social.afront.org
2022-12-27T12:22:55Z
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@jimjag What's the very specific use case then? I did a quick search and looked on the openoffice.org site but can't find anything concrete.
(DIR) Post #AR2MEKjNvBMG6gKT5M by jimjag@mastodon.social
2022-12-27T12:25:09Z
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@pbarker Those stuck on extremely old OSs and platforms as well as those that require permissive (non-copyleft) licensing.There are huge swathes of world population that are still using 32 bit OSs for example.
(DIR) Post #AR2MELDW79Sdc8QX3I by geraldew@fosstodon.org
2022-12-27T13:13:29Z
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@jimjag @pbarker ok from a very quick check, LibreOffice stopped directly supplying pre-compiled binaries for 32 bit a while back (citing low demand) but the code is thought to still be viable for others to compile.As an example, Debian seems to still support it across multiple architectures - see https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libreoffice
(DIR) Post #AR2MLLIUDNJLtE5d3I by zleap@qoto.org
2022-12-27T16:09:17Z
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@jimjag @pbarker This is why we need to be able to teach more people to code, so there are more people to maintain this software, rather then putting more burden on existing developers.