replace Libre office with IBM Lotus Symphony

ilAli · November 21, 2011, 1:50pm

how can i replace libre office with IBM Lotus Symphony in openSUSE 12.1?
lotus symphony such as Libre office is based on open office but its user interface is much more better than Libre office.

martin_helm · November 21, 2011, 2:26pm

Am 21.11.2011 13:56, schrieb ilAli:
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> how can i replace libre office with IBM Lotus Symphony in openSUSE
> 12.1?
> lotus symphony such as Libre office is based on open office but its
> user interface is much more better than Libre office.
>
Why did you not look at the ibm website?
http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/help.nsf/InstallGuide

ilAli · November 21, 2011, 5:59pm

i am looking for 1 click install.

martin_helm · November 21, 2011, 9:26pm

Am 21.11.2011 18:06, schrieb ilAli:
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> martin_helm;2407699 Wrote:
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>> Why did you not look at the ibm website?
>> ‘IBM Lotus Symphony - Installation Guide’
>> (http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/help.nsf/InstallGuide)
> i am looking for 1 click install.
>
>
I do not think that would be legal, this is not free software which
someone else than IBM has the right to redistribute.
But why not ask IBM to provide one?

ilAli · November 22, 2011, 7:08am

IBM lotus symphony is free. i think. and i installed it on my windows 7 without any problem.

gminnerup · November 22, 2011, 10:33am

The user interface is nice but it’s buggy as hell. At least the Linux version, and certainly with KDE. Not worth bothering with, IMHO.

martin_helm · November 22, 2011, 12:10pm

Am 22.11.2011 07:16, schrieb ilAli:
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> IBM lotus symphony is free. i think. and i installed it on my windows 7
> without any problem.
>
>
You do not understand what free means, lotus symphony is gratis it does
not cost anything.
Free means free to modify and redistribute and that is not the case.
Even if something is so called freeware (means it comes without you
having to pay for it) it does not mean you can do with it what you want.
If you don’t believe it ask IBM if they will give you the right to be a
redistributor.