Ubuntu8.10 will not be pre-installed with OpenOffice3.0

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Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) will not be pre-installed with OpenOffice 3.0

According to foreign media reports, Ubuntu 30th day of this month (Intrepid Ibex), which will be released in 8.10, will not be integrated with OpenOffice 3.0, but will adopt OpenOffice.org 2.4.1. OpenOffice 3.0 has greatly improved functions and features compared with OpenOffice 2.0. Supports Office 2007/2008 import filters and Office 2007/2008 file reading. docx, .xlsxand .pptx format file storage and so on, and OpenOffice 3.0 has greatly improved the efficiency of software execution compared with OpenOffice 2. Of course, there are also a lot of netizens said that now finally there is an Office software to compete with the MS Office, that is, OpenOffice 3.0.

However, since OpenOffice 3.0 was released shortly before the official release date of Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex), Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) developers do not have a lot of time to perform a lot of tests on stability and compatibility of OpenOffice 3.0, and OpenOffice 3.0 is not very mature yet, there are some bugs. Therefore, developers of Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) will decide that Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) will not be pre-installed with the OpenOffice 3.0 office suite.

If you want to experience OpenOffice 8.10 in the official Ubuntu 3.0 (Intrepid Ibex) version, you only need to add the ppa software source of OpenOffice 3.0 to your software source list and then upgrade it.

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