Monthly Archives: February 2009

Virtual Virtualization Pains

By Tiago Moreira | Published: 2009/02/28
Since I only have one desktop PC for my use, I was not about to be crazy and re-format it with OpenSolaris for my project. Software and hardware have come a long way from the days where you had to have multiple partitions to boot to in order to use different operating systems. Nowadays, virtualization [...]
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Choosing an OpenOffice.org Project

By Tiago Moreira | Published: 2009/02/25
We finally received a list of projects from the OpenOffice.org (OOo) Education Project (wiki page). After going through the lists I’ve decided on completing the OpenSolaris build documentation. I have two main reasons: I wouldn’t mind learning more about the build system It would be an excuse to use OpenSolaris and see what’s so different about it from [...]
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OpenOffice.org Goes Silent without Java

By Tiago Moreira | Published: 2009/02/16
Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate (64-bit) After installing OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 (OOo for short) without the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) (filename: OOo_3.0.1_Win32Intel_install_en-US.exe), the option to register my copy had come up but the regular wizard did not run as expected. I had forgotten to install the JRE since I recently reformatted my PC. Oops. Regardless, I wanted to [...]
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Building OpenOffice.org from Source (Notes)

By Tiago Moreira | Published: 2009/02/11
I lost some of my previous entries, but below are some notes I made while going about compiling OpenOffice.org for the first time(s). In the following notes, I usually use “==” or “Tiago” or “TJ” as markers to myself. I wish I could highlight those markers, but they are there! 29-30 January 2009 configurations errors dmake errors 4 February [...]
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