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I don't really hate Linux but I do get frustrated with it. I'm currently at the stage of understanding with Linux that I was with Windows 8 or 9 years ago. I've just got OpenOffice 1.0 (OO) from Linux Emporium, along with Mandrake 8.2 (yes, I've seen all the posts about Debian etc but lets not start a distro war). <prob1> I've installed OO under Windows and Linux. In Windows, all users can access and run the program without problem. Under Linux & KDE, the user that installed OO can access and run the program. Other users can access it but can't run it. OO pops a box that says "can't find /home/<name of user>/.sversionrc" /home/<name of installer> contains said file. Copying the file to user directory solves that problem. </prob1> <prob2> Any decent Windows install routine will add an entry to the Start menu. OO doesn't ... so that means manually configuring the menu. </prob2> <prob3> Windows proggies usually associate their extensions. OO doesn't. More manual work. </prob3> Don't get me wrong, I'm quite happy to roll my sleeves up and get my hands dirty from time to time on the command prompt or messing around in config files. I just don't think that a decent modern major app such as OO should be such hard work. Is it just OO that is this unfriendly under Linux or is it just my ignorance? Useful comments welcomed. Regards to all -- Mike Callaghan Newquay, Cornwall PGP key available from http://www.at.pgp.net/pgpnet/wwwkeys.html PGP Fingerprint: AB64 C466 8DCA DF48 8382 3F63 FC36 BAEF -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.