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#41

Hi :slight_smile:
Yes, the Wubi is sitting on top of Windows systems rather than being "on bare metal" so it's never going to be quite as good as the system it's sitting on top of.

Hmmm, i think it is a lot closer to bare-metal than it would be if installed on a virtual machine inside Windows = i think it's more like the Wine approach but it still relies on some of the flakiest bits about Windows, such as their boot-loader, registry, and Ntfs partition (thankfully (at least hopefully) not Fat32 or other Fat).

The advantages are
1.  it gives you a fully working Gnu&Linux so you have easy access to all those OpenSource programs. 
2.  it helps you familiarise yourself with the different system to help you migrate without taking the "slash and burn" approach that people so often take (which leads them to disliking the system they are not familiar with because they can't find where things are and then blame the system for not having them even though they probably do exist or are done in a different way)
3.  it's fully compatible with other Ubuntu machines (and therefore all other desktop Gnu&Linuxes.

The next step after getting familiar with the Wubi would be a dual-boot and that would get it on bare-metal.  The dual-boot gives a different menu just after you start-up your machine so that you can still choose whether to boot into Windows or Ubuntu that particular time.  To slow it down even more it might be good to keep your Wubi for a while because there are probably config files and data that you want to copy over to your new system.  Plus you probably want to try to copy roughly the same visual set-up and additional programs or ones you've swapped out too. 
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#42

I have installed LO 3.4.x and 3.5.x on many Win7 systems, mostly laptops.

I did not have any trouble with installing and their using the features like the spell checking options.

As for Ubuntu/Linux, most Windows users will not switch unless there is a good reason to. I had some good reasons and I went to Ubuntu for my main desktop since Feb 2010, and for some other systems before that.

I never used the Wubi install version of Ubuntu, but did a full install as either a dual booting system with partitioning the hard drive into two sections, or deleting Windows all together and only having Ubuntu and the EXT4 file system [ instead of NTFS ].

I have not heard anything about problems with Linux support of Libertine G fonts, and I am a font guy with over 14 GB of font files in my font-folder[s].

#43

I have LibreOffice 3.5.4.2 on Windows 7 and in Writer the spell check does
not work for spelling errors... it does however correct beginning of
sentence capitalization (automatically) and manual spell check complains of
extra spaces when they exist.

#44

My spell checker in 3.5.4 did work either; actually worse than yours.
Upgrading to 3.5.6.2 solved the problem.

#45

Hang  on hang on your off track again amazing.     all i said was i never had a problem using libre with vista and that libra is giving me a problem with windows 7 never mentioned recovery or partitions have no idea where that came from but yes ideally a remote view ing of my lap top would fix my libre / win 7 issus but i guess no one out their can do that with me.
 
Will try the big download of libre tomorrow been busy today; but amazing how off track you are -  later . .

#46

Various freeware sites" are the best guarantee that you get your
computer infected with anything *they* want. None of those packages
between 28 and 120 MB contains LibreOffice.

the free sites only mention libre and after i scan them with malwearbytes libre office opens.

Apart from this, LibreOffice is not freeware. It is open source software
(OSS) which makes a huge difference.
The home of the LibreOffice is http://libreoffice.org where you get the
original packages from the developers at any time.

#47

Ok will use the libre site and get the latest big version then deal with the dictionary language issues if needed . . .

#48

W o W  amazing how off track you get all i said was libre and vista never had issues and libre and win 7 64 bit won t work for me so i keep missing something; to click on or re set  .

#49

Thank  you ;  Thank you yesss  yes  bingo another un happy user; same problem i have and so far can t be fixed why not ? ?
 
Never had that problem with libre and vista.
 
So two simple questions;  why can t that get fixed and more important can we find a free no cost office program that doesn t give windows 7 a hard time ? ?
 
I can start out by saying that Open office and I B M lotus have the the precise same problem and so far  they aren t getting fixed so what now ? ?

#50

Remote does indeed does seem the way to go but i ll try the big download of libra but we just had another e mail here saying he can t get libra to work for him; so waiting for comments on his issue which is my issue even though you all enjoy getting off track big time.
 
Comments on his issue should be a hoot can t wait for them.
 
And that brings up a question why does libre; spell / grammer check work on some win 7 computers and not others what could it be that we keep missing to click on or re set ? ?

#51

Ok just got this Offiical version of libre from their web site -  208 mb and 8 mb help -
 
Version 3.6.2.2 (Build ID: da8c1e6) english U.S. - for windows 7 64 bits has all the bells and whisles and the spell / grammer check does work for windows 7 64 bit ! ! !
 
So me and the other user that posted here are stuck waiting a fix isn t that just wonderful - N O T  -  . .   i tryed the biggest and best libre has so what now? ? ?
 
Later -  waiting dang it . .

#52

I posted here only to answer Lostsoul's question, i.e. "does anyone out
their use libre with win 7". I do not need help per se. I bought a new
desktop computer in May 2012 and it came with LibreOffice installed. The
spell checker in LibreOffice did (does) not work so I purchased and
installed MS Office 2003, which I now use.

Note: I signed on to the LibreOffice-users mailing list back then to see if
I could find any mention of spell checker problems.

#53

Awww ok but still latest libre doesn t work hum but wonder if any free word offices will work must goggle it  - thanks

#54

Hi :slight_smile:
Interesting choice.  Google-docs perhaps?  AbiWord?
http://www.abisource.com/
All OpenSource, not just free but Free too.  We all use the same native format and can all "Save As..." MS formats too.  LO and i think Google-docs too can be set to default to saving in MS formats but it's best not to.

I have just checked to see which version of LO is working happily on the Win7 machines here but it's 3.5.6, not the .4 you were trying. 
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#55

Hi :slight_smile:
Hmm, perhaps try downloading one of the spell-checker Extensions and install by

Tools - "Extension Manager" - Add

Any of them should sort your problem but the best is the NA Dvd Project ones from what other people have been saying.  Also there is Calligra which looks a lot nicer than my previous suggestions.  It's a whole Office Suite rather than just a Word replacement so it's a bit heavier to download.

http://www.calligra.org/get-calligra/

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#56

Ok maybe i should try abiword nothing to lose; only like google for searchs and using this version from the libre web site  -   Version 3.6.2.2 (Build ID: da8c1e6)  -  so maybe i should delete 3.6.2.2. and downgrade to 3.5.6 maybe it might be happy with my win 7 ?

#57

Ok just tryed tools / extension / add english (U.S)  then my documents folder pops up not sure  what that means or what to try next  -  later  .  .

#58

Spell check corrects a word at a time but can it correct an entire page if i see its missed a word or not ?

#59

Hi :slight_smile:
I think by default spell checkers start from where-ever the cursor happens to be but once it gets to the end of the document a pop-up appears asking if you want to start at the beginning of the document.  It's quite handy if you have kept on running spell checks during the course of writing a document as it avoids having to check what you have already checked earlier (unless you work like me).
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#60

hum my curser never gets to the end once spell check finishs one word i get booted back to the beginning dang it can t find whats been mis set yet grrrr  -  later . .