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Old 09-26-2007, 09:27 AM   #1
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IBM' Symphony? Anyone has it installed?

Hey,

I was searching The IBM/Lotus website and I saw that the Symphony suite runs in Linux, but is not supported by IBM to Slack users.

Anyone has it working?

This is what I got from the FAQ:

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What are the client system requirements?

* Lotus Symphony supports both Microsoft Windows® and Linux® platforms.

Note: Be sure your system meets these client system requirements:

* Supported Windows platforms: Windows XP, Windows Vista
* Supported Linux platforms: SLED 10, RHEL 5, Redhat5
* 750MB disk space minimum on Linux and 540M on Windows
* 512MB RAM memory minimum
* US English locale
And this is the link:

http://symphony.lotus.com/software/l...ormandy.jspa#4
 
Old 09-26-2007, 09:44 AM   #2
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Everal,

Thanks for starting this thread. I'm very interested in Symphony too.

For what it's worth, here's a recent review from PC Magazine.

Regards,

-Drew
 
Old 09-26-2007, 09:45 AM   #3
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You could always try to use the rpm2tgz package tool.

http://www.slackbook.org/html/packag...-UTILITIES-RPM
 
Old 09-27-2007, 09:15 PM   #4
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It's build using OOo 1.1.4 old code base
and it requires bigger requirements than OOo
Last edited by willysr; 09-27-2007 at 09:16 PM. Reason: add more detail
 
Old 09-29-2007, 11:18 PM   #5
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It's build using OOo 1.1.4 old code base
and it requires bigger requirements than OOo
So is it GPL then?
 
Old 10-01-2007, 02:07 AM   #6
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I can't even find a good download link on their site at all. Most of the links are dead.
 
Old 10-01-2007, 02:21 AM   #7
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So is it GPL then?
No. It is closed source IBM proprietary.
 
Old 02-01-2008, 11:39 PM   #8
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I, too, am interested in seeing if anyone has this installed on Slackware. I haven't tried it out yet, but if it proves to be worth it I may write a slackware-friendly installer script for it.

As far as I can tell so far, the main feature difference between IBM's symphony and OpenOffice is the GUI style and possibly increased system requirements for symphony.

Right now it is beta4; I'm sure it will be better once some kinks are worked out.
 
  


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