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Is it safe to download openoffice.org onto a Mac?
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Hello there,
This is for my friend.Is it safe to download openoffice.org onto a Mac? Any problems?
There's a Mac OSX download of openoffice but is it a good idea or a bad idea? Will it cause his Mac any problems?
Thanks in advance for any replies regarding this.
Bmora96
This is for my friend.Is it safe to download openoffice.org onto a Mac? Any problems?
There's a Mac OSX download of openoffice but is it a good idea or a bad idea? Will it cause his Mac any problems?
Thanks in advance for any replies regarding this.
Bmora96
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>Is it safe to download openoffice.org onto a Mac?
Yes.
>Any problems?
A potential problem is that you might not have X11 installed, which OpenOffice requires to run. You can install this from your OS X installation CD, although I prefer simply using an Aqua port, NeoOffice instead of OpenOffice, because it uses the native OS X interface libraries, and thus doesn't require X11.
Yes.
>Any problems?
A potential problem is that you might not have X11 installed, which OpenOffice requires to run. You can install this from your OS X installation CD, although I prefer simply using an Aqua port, NeoOffice instead of OpenOffice, because it uses the native OS X interface libraries, and thus doesn't require X11.
"Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal."
Can someone tell me why downloading a file would cause problems, unless it was a rootkit or something?
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Originally Posted by linux 
Can someone tell me why downloading a file would cause problems, unless it was a rootkit or something?
"Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal."
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