Have you at various times run OO and LO on the same machine? I did this once a few years ago and got the slowdown you describe. I don't remember how I purged the machine of both, but I remember it wasn't easy.
In any case, one leaves behind enough of itself that it really screws up the other.
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On Wednesday 25 March 2026 21:02:08 dep via tde-users wrote:
Have you at various times run OO and LO on the same machine?
No. The only time LO has been on my machine is when apt ignores my wishes and installs it. But I never actually run it. I just purge LO and all its related packages, then reinstall OO, and everything is fine.
As I said, it's not a problem for me *now*, as I have never run LO on this machine. My nightmares are all in the past.
I did this once a few years ago and got the slowdown you describe. I don't remember how I purged the machine of both, but I remember it wasn't easy.
In any case, one leaves behind enough of itself that it really screws up the other.
dep
I agree with that statement. Choose one or the other, and stick with it if it works for you. I read somewhere online about somebody using both, saying that it is possible to run both LibreOffice and OpenOffice on the same machine, simultaneously, but I don't see how this is possible.
They both run as soffice, so in any case there would probably be some conflict there.
Bill
The LO/OO thing, along with Lotus and IBM "contributions," has been hellishly incestuous, so it's no surprise if occasionally there's one with three eyes or no teeth. The timeline chart here is hilarious and makes one wonder that any of it works at all. (I remember dealing with IBM's version of Lotus Symphony, which in fact didn't work at all, part of the IBM program of buying and destroying good software.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Lotus_Symphony
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-------- Original Message -------- On Thursday, 03/26/26 at 00:21 William Morder via tde-users users@trinitydesktop.org wrote:
On Wednesday 25 March 2026 21:02:08 dep via tde-users wrote:
Have you at various times run OO and LO on the same machine?
No. The only time LO has been on my machine is when apt ignores my wishes and installs it. But I never actually run it. I just purge LO and all its related packages, then reinstall OO, and everything is fine.
As I said, it's not a problem for me *now*, as I have never run LO on this machine. My nightmares are all in the past.
I did this once a few years ago and got the slowdown you describe. I don't remember how I purged the machine of both, but I remember it wasn't easy.
In any case, one leaves behind enough of itself that it really screws up the other.
dep
I agree with that statement. Choose one or the other, and stick with it if it works for you. I read somewhere online about somebody using both, saying that it is possible to run both LibreOffice and OpenOffice on the same machine, simultaneously, but I don't see how this is possible.
They both run as soffice, so in any case there would probably be some conflict there.
Bill
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On Wednesday 25 March 2026 22:09:51 you wrote:
The LO/OO thing, along with Lotus and IBM "contributions," has been hellishly incestuous, so it's no surprise if occasionally there's one with three eyes or no teeth. The timeline chart here is hilarious and makes one wonder that any of it works at all. (I remember dealing with IBM's version of Lotus Symphony, which in fact didn't work at all, part of the IBM program of buying and destroying good software.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Lotus_Symphony
dep
I'll say one thing about OpenOffice: their mailing list is listless ... meaning, lifeless, boring, nothing happening. Reading a telephone book is more interesting.
I often wonder if there are real people behind it, or if the entire thing is a kind of elaborate game of make-believe.
They periodically come out with new versions, but I never can tell if anybody does some actual development. It doesn't get worse, but I don't see much happening there. I imagine LibreOffice hasa mailing list, too, somewhere. I sometimes consider getting on a Devuan users list, but don't feel motivated enough. I have enough to keep busy.
I can't speak for other mailing lists, as I haven't subscribed to many. But by comparison, the Trinity mailing list reading like a lot of gossipy old women. Something is always happening; people usually have something interesting to say.
Bill
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