Migrating to Linux - WP

[Jeremy Turner]

On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 01:07:43PM -0500, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> It's my understanding that oo2 no longer runs on Linux, but requires
> Java instead.

http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/22/204244

It looks like more of OpenOffice.org 2 is dependent on Java, but you can
use parts of it without.  OO.org 1 used Java for:

 * Accessibility tools, such as the Gnopernicus Screen Reader and
   Magnifier and the GNOME On-Screen Keyboard 
 * The Report Autopilot
 * JDBC driver support for Java-based databases 
 * XSLT filters
 * BeanShell, the Netbeans scripting language, and the Java UNO bridge 
 * Export filters to the Aportis.doc (.pdb) format for the Palm or 
   Pocket Word (.psw) format for the Pocket PC


And now OO.org 2 adds the following which require Java:

 * Base, the new Access-like database application 
 * The media player, which adds movie and sound clips to documents 
 * Mail merges to e-mail, which also require Java Mail 
 * All document wizards in Writer

So you can do things like type and print, but getting into more complex
features would require a JRE.  The article goes on to say that some
distros use a free JRE with gcj, and others don't include OO.org at all
(Slackware).

Jeremy