I do like StarOffice 5.1: I've been using it for my CS homework write-ups. In many ways, I've enjoyed learning it more than trying to turn off all of the excess baggage whenever I use MS Word (which I have never had on my computer).
However, I guess, being so used to seeing GPL'd or any other kind of "open sourced" software, that I'm used to seeing some kind of information about how bugs have been fixed or small errors have been found and dealt with. And, even though I don't always read this, it is good to know that people are still fixing problems (because you know there will never be an end to them).
So... when I went to the StarOffice site, I expected to see some reference to the fixes they had made. To my surprise, I couldn't find anything after a short time of searching. No ChangeLog or REVISION_LOG or anything like that?
Like I said, I have been using SO for a while now (probably since January) and I've noticed some things that should be fixed. They're small things such as the fact that the font size always changes back to 12pt. whenever you try to go to the end of the file. Other stupid little things I've noticed, too, and before I download 5.2, it would just be nice to know if these had been fixed.
Though not an OS class, I am currently in a 300-level introduction to Assembly on the x86 processors. We have a new professor who's currently teaching our class using TASM (Borland's assembler) on MS-DOS as was the tradition before him. However, he is considering teaching it in Linux next semester using asm86 or something like that.
I, of course, am always an advocate of learning more about Linux, but I am curious as to what, if any, advantages there would be. I am also curious about other introductory assembly courses that are taught in Linux. Friends of mine have used SPARCs (running Solaris, I assume) too, but I haven't heard of any Linux classes.
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However, I guess, being so used to seeing GPL'd or any other kind of "open sourced" software, that I'm used to seeing some kind of information about how bugs have been fixed or small errors have been found and dealt with. And, even though I don't always read this, it is good to know that people are still fixing problems (because you know there will never be an end to them).
So ... when I went to the StarOffice site, I expected to see some reference to the fixes they had made. To my surprise, I couldn't find anything after a short time of searching. No ChangeLog or REVISION_LOG or anything like that?
Like I said, I have been using SO for a while now (probably since January) and I've noticed some things that should be fixed. They're small things such as the fact that the font size always changes back to 12pt. whenever you try to go to the end of the file. Other stupid little things I've noticed, too, and before I download 5.2, it would just be nice to know if these had been fixed.
I, of course, am always an advocate of learning more about Linux, but I am curious as to what, if any, advantages there would be. I am also curious about other introductory assembly courses that are taught in Linux. Friends of mine have used SPARCs (running Solaris, I assume) too, but I haven't heard of any Linux classes.