Where is a windows-installer of LibreOffice at the moment?

[flashandpan007]

Hi,
is it just me or isn't there a WINDOWS installer of LibreOffice anymore on:
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/
http://de.libreoffice.org/download/

Can you please check this?

Klaus from Bavaria

[jman98]

I don't see it either. I cannot find any information on why it is missing but there was a Windows installer for the previous release.

[El Heggunte]

Try browsing the following "dir listing":

http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/3.3.1/win/x86/

Apparently, the link to the Windows installer
was removed by some F.O.S.S. troll

[flashandpan007]

I have already the two installers and the german helpfile on my HDD, but I am/was worried that new versions for windows won't be released anymore.

I like LibreOffice so much and better than OpenOffice, because it IS the new OpenOffice...

I think the site of LibreOffice is under construction ...

[flashandpan007]

BrOffice instead of LibO?

http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/3.3.1/win/x86/BrOffice_3.3.1...tall_multi.exe
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/3.3.1/win/x86/BrOffice_3.3.1...l_all_lang.exe

What's the difference of these two to LibO?

[El Heggunte]

According to Wikipedia, BrOffice is just the Brazilian version of LibreOffice.
However I have no idea of why it seems to have a "special position" @ The Document Foundation.

[ricardouk]

The project and software are informally referred to as OpenOffice, but report that this term is a trademark held by another party, requiring them to adopt OpenOffice.org as its formal name. Due to a similar trademark issue, the Brazilian Portuguese version of the suite was distributed under the name BrOffice.org. Stewardship of the slightly re-branded BrOffice builds was moved to The Document Foundation in December 2010.

..

[lordsmurf]

How does this differ from Open Office?
I don't recall ever reading about Libre Office before. New to me.


EDIT:
Nevermind, I see what the situation is.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20029424-264.html
Libre has a Microsoft Works import filter -- nice! Maybe now I can dump MS Works for a certain db.

[jman98]

Nevermind, I see what the situation is.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20029424-264.html

Simplistic summary: Since Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems they have done a fantastic job of burning bridges with the open software community and LibreOffice spun off from OpenOffice.org because the main developers don't trust Oracle (Oracle now owns OpenOffice.org).

[flashandpan007]

Hi,
Yes, LibreOffice is the "new OpenOffice.org", that means LibreOffice is developed from the original developers.

I downloaded the two BrOffice- and the two LibO-installers and they are exactly the same (file size is exactly the same), only the file name is different.

Do you know a popular freeware checksum tool so I can calculate checksums?

Klaus from Bavaria

My favourite audio tools (all freeware like LibreOffice)
Exact Audio Copy
LAME [especially lame.exe]
Mp3tag
foobar2000

[lordsmurf]

VirtualBox has criticism, too, yes?
Another Sun open source item that seems to have dropped dev.

I think I recall reading about that back late last year.

[El Heggunte]

Do you know a popular freeware checksum tool so I can calculate checksums?

I still use fsum.exe

[C:\]
=>fsum

SlavaSoft Optimizing Checksum Utility - fsum 2.51
Implemented using SlavaSoft QuickHash Library <www.slavasoft.com>
Copyright (C) SlavaSoft Inc. 1999-2004. All rights reserved.


Usage: fsum.exe <OPTIONS>... <FILE>...

Options:

   -c or --check  -  check sums against given list
   -d<directory>  -  set working directory
   -jf            -  print only failed lines while checking
   -jm            -  use MD5 format
   -js            -  use SFV format
   -jnc           -  supress comments
   -r             -  recurse subdirectories
   -s or --status -  don't output anything, status code shows success
   -w or --warn   -  warn about improperly formatted checksum lines

   -md2           -  include MD2 algorithm
   -md4           -  include MD4 algorithm
   -md5           -  include MD5 algorithm
   -sha1          -  include SHA-1 algorithm
   -sha256        -  include SHA-2( 256 ) algorithm
   -sha384        -  include SHA-2( 384 ) algorithm
   -sha512        -  include SHA-2( 512 ) algorithm
   -rmd           -  include RIPEMD-160 algorithm
   -tiger         -  include TIGER algorithm
   -panama        -  include PANAMA algorithm
   -adler         -  include ADLER32 algorithm
   -crc32         -  include CRC32 algorithm
   -edonkey       -  include EDONKEY algorithm

[C:\]
=>

[El Heggunte]

Speaking of Oracle: since "I-don't-remember-when", it's impossible to download the 64-bit JRE for Windows from the "official" Java download page

( http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp )

unless you're using the 64-bit version of Internet Explorer

[Verify]

Instead of doing a check-sum, I use the file compare function in Total Commander, it's free*, more informative, and very easy to use.

* The free version will ask that you select button 1, 2, or 3 to start but after that simple nag everything works. I liked the program so much that I paid the then ( about 10 years ago) $8 each for three permanent licenses.