Can Libre Office be installed on an external drive. ?

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#41

Hi :slight_smile:
Windows and Gnu&Linux can share the same config folder but you might need 2 versions of the extensions you use.  You can keep both versions in the same folder as each other.

It is better to set-up the Windows side first and then get the Gnu&Linux side to look at the Windows config folder as the Windows side might have extra settings that are not needed in Gnu&Linux.  Also Windows is blind to Gnu&Linux file-systems whereas Gnu&Linux can easily read/write Ntfs and Fat32, Fat16 and the rest.

I don't think it makes any difference after install but with Gnu&Linux there are at least 2 different installers; Rpm & Deb.  It's the same source-code.  Like the difference between taking your shopping home by car or bike it's all the same once it's on your shelves.  I'm not 100% certain about this tho.

One note about splitting usb-sticks into 2 partitions. The Windows one (Ntfs or whatever) needs to be 1st on the stick and needs to be created 1st.  If Windows can't find one of it's own partitions at the front of the drive then it assumes the drive is unformatted or corrupted.  On normal ide/sata drives and internal SSDs it seems to be ok.

Anyway i think this thread was mostly about the various Windows platforms. 
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#42

Hi again :slight_smile:
Sorry about the double-post. Errr, by extensions i meant add-ons.
StarOffice-OpenOffice-LibreOffice started long before the word "extensions"
became widely used to mean something completely different and definitely
before "add-ons" became the widely used name for this type of thing.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#43

Am 09.09.2011 10:17, Tom Davies wrote:

Hi :slight_smile:
Windows and Gnu&Linux can share the same config folder but you might need 2 versions of the extensions you use. You can keep both versions in the same folder as each other.

It is better to set-up the Windows side first and then get the Gnu&Linux side to look at the Windows config folder as the Windows side might have extra settings that are not needed in Gnu&Linux. Also Windows is blind to Gnu&Linux file-systems whereas Gnu&Linux can easily read/write Ntfs and Fat32, Fat16 and the rest.

I don't think it makes any difference after install but with Gnu&Linux there are at least 2 different installers; Rpm& Deb. It's the same source-code. Like the difference between taking your shopping home by car or bike it's all the same once it's on your shelves. I'm not 100% certain about this tho.

One note about splitting usb-sticks into 2 partitions. The Windows one (Ntfs or whatever) needs to be 1st on the stick and needs to be created 1st. If Windows can't find one of it's own partitions at the front of the drive then it assumes the drive is unformatted or corrupted. On normal ide/sata drives and internal SSDs it seems to be ok.

Thank you for the clarification. I was not aware that todays Microsoft operating systems still behave like DOS when you go down to the system level.

Anyway i think this thread was mostly about the various Windows platforms.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

You did not read the original post I quoted again trying give a more concrete answer:

#44

Tempers are getting to high now.

We should not attack each other's views on Open Source or MS products.

We each have opinions that the other does not like. We should not put people down because their opinion is not ours.

For me, I do not like mush of what MS is about. They have some good free products out there. Try I.C.E.. But that should not detract my views on MSO or LO.

Using the "M$ fanboy" should not be use as a negative. Swearing should not be done.

Every community has their good and bad, whether you deal with people's views or software. There is many things that are great about open source and its community. But open source is not the only answer. To some people it is not their answer. We should not judge people because of their views. We should not judge a community by an individual's views. Die-heart MS users are just like die-heart FOSS people. When you have no room for any other view, it tends not to be good to try to change their views. It also is anti-productive to get into a battle of words with them.

So personally, I do not like MS anymore. But they are putting out some interesting, free, stuff once and a while. Also, I do not think open source is the only answer, just part of it. My saying this does not make other opinions less than mine, or better. It is just my opinion and I must accept that other people have other opinion.

So EVERYONE, please refrain from name calling and mud slinging. This list is not the place for it.

Here we hope to offer help and sometimes opinions. We are not the final word, since there is not such thing. We offer information. We should not put others down for their beliefs. We should be better than that. We must be better than that on this public list.

#45

Hi :slight_smile:
Oops, yes i spotted my obvious mistake just after i hit send but it was so
obvious i didn't think it worth sending a 2nd post about it. Guess how i
found out that Windows partitions had to be the 1st ones on the usb-stick
even though they are fine anywhere on normal drives. Lol

I think one great thing about this thread has been that it shows that
Gnu&Linux offers a huge range of different answers all of which work well.
I liked the one about having an entire OS on the stick but this latest one
of having the full program properly installed is great too.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile: