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Office Suites
Sun Microsystems OpenOffice 2.0
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Saturday, 1st of April, 2006
What's Hot
Completely free, better drawing editing than MS Office, PDF output
What's Not
Slower than MS Office, no equivalent to Outlook, interface not quite as well designed
The Final Word
OpenOffice.org isn’t as refined as MS Office, but it’s certainly better value for money
Software Version
Version
2.0
System Requirements
Minimum System Requirements
Microsoft Windows:
- Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2 or higher), Windows XP, Windows 2003
- 128 Mbytes RAM
- 200 Mbytes available disk space
- 800 x 600 or higher resolution with at least 256 colours
Solaris: SPARC platform edition
Solaris 8 OS or higher
128 Mbytes RAM
250 Mbytes available disk space
X-Server with 800 x 600 or higher resolution with at least 256 colours
Solaris: x86 platform edition
- Solaris 8 OS or higher
- 128 Mbytes RAM
- 250 Mbytes available disk space
- X-Server with 800 x 600 or higher resolution with at least 256 colours
GNU/Linux ("Linux"):
- Linux kernel version 2.2.13 or higher, glibc2 version 2.2.0 or higher
- 128 Mbytes RAM
- 200 Mbytes available disk space
- X-Server with 800 x 600 or higher resolution with at least 256 colours
Mac OS X (X11):
- Power Mac G3 400Mhz or higher
- Mac OS X 10.3.x (10.3.5 recommended), Mac OS X 10.4.x
- 256Mbytes RAM
- 350Mbytes available disk space
- X11 required. Available for OS X 10.3 on Apple.com here and for OS X 10.4 on the OS X install disc.
- 800 x 600 or higher resolution with 16.7 Million colours
Java
- The minimum JDK/JRE version required to use OpenOffice.org features that require java is JDK/JRE version 1.3.1.
All platforms:
- Java runtime environment 1.4.0_02 / 1.4.1_01 or newer
- Java Access Bridge v1.0.3 - to get the Java Access Bridge, visit www.sun.com/star/accessibility
Linux:
- Installation of GNOME 2.2
Solaris:
- Installation of GNOME 2.0
*Specifications are subject to change without notice. While every attempt has been made by GoodGearGuide in the production of these specifications, possible errors or omissions may still occur. GoodGearGuide neither assumes legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any product specifications supplied.
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