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<TITLE>StarOffice 3.1 Mini-HOWTO: Introduction</TITLE>
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<H2><A NAME="s1">1. Introduction</A></H2>
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<P>This document deals with installing StarOffice 3.1. The current version
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of StarOffice is 5.1. Version 5.1 is considerably easier to install and less
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buggy than version 3.1. In fact, in my opinion there is no need for a HOWTO
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for version 5.1, since StarDivision has written a fairly complete
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installation guide. The StarOffice mini-HOWTO was useful while it lasted,
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but it is now being archived only for the few who still wish to install
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StarOffice 3.1. For information about StarOffice 5.1, check StarDivision's site at <CODE>
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<A HREF="http://www.stardivision.com">http://www.stardivision.com</A></CODE>.
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<P>The StarOffice Office Suite is a collection of office tools for Linux,
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written in C using the Motif toolkit.
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<P>StarOffice includes:
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<UL>
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<LI> StarWriter, a word processor</LI>
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<LI> StarCalc, a spreadsheet</LI>
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<LI> StarImage, an image editor</LI>
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<LI> StarDraw, a draw program similar to Corel DRAW</LI>
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<LI> StarChart, a chart-making program</LI>
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<LI> StarMath, a math editor</LI>
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</UL>
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<P>The StarOffice Office Suite for Linux is free for non-commercial use.
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Commercial use requires a license. The cost for a commercial license
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seperate from Caldera's OpenLinux system is currently undecided.
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<P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.1">1.1 Motif info</A>
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</H2>
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<P>StarOffice is written using the commercial Motif 2.0 GUI
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toolkit. The dynamically linked version will *not* work with Motif
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1.2/LessTif.
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<P>The static version (with Motif 2.0 linked in) will work regardless
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of whether or not you have Motif. However, performance drops.
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<P>I run StarOffice on a Pentium 100 with 48 megs RAM,
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running Redhat 4.1 and Motif 2.0. Dynamically linked
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StarOffice takes about a minute to load. However, it is noticable
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that, once it loads up, StarOffice dynamically linked takes up
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much less resources than the static version.
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.2">1.2 History of this document</A>
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</H2>
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<LI> Version 1.1 991128 - updated URLs and changed references to StarOffice 4.0 to the new 5.1</LI>
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<LI> Version 1.0 980602 - added information on StarOffice 4.0 and about how this document is now outdated</LI>
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<LI> Version 0.8 971109 - added tips, installation w/o libc upgrade, etc.</LI>
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<LI> Version 0.7 970707 - changed section 3.1.1, changed license</LI>
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<LI> Version 0.6 970609 - added fix for the LANG variable problem</LI>
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<LI> Version 0.5 970608 - updated info to StarOffice 3.1 final</LI>
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<LI> Version 0.1 970505 - the initial release.</LI>
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</UL>
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