LibreOffice dropping PPC from v4.1

[wobegong]

After VLC here's another dropout but to be honest I use Office 2008 anyway and have never been unable to work on any docs I bring home from Work but just as an FYI, I'm sure plenty of people use this.

 

[roadbloc]

No biggie since Microsoft have released an Open XML plugin for Office 2008 and 2004.

 

[SkyBell]

Bit of a shame to see another developer drop PPC; but to be honest, I haven't found anything I need out of an office suite that the 2004 version can't provide.

 

[MysticCow]

Well, they release the source code to LibreOffice and VLC, so it would be a matter of someone that knows how to compile to compile it. Yes, I know that can be a lot harder than it sounds.

 

[RedCroissant]

Bit of a shame to see another developer drop PPC; but to be honest, I haven't found anything I need out of an office suite that the 2004 version can't provide.

I agree but to be honest, I didn't really need the last few updates of LibreOffice anyway since I am a very average user of productivity suites. I use 2004 for Mac and iwork '09, so I think I'm set as far as productivity suites go. I'll just be sure to hold on to the .dmg before that gets difficult to find.

 

[rjcalifornia]

After VLC here's another dropout but to be honest I use Office 2008 anyway and have never been unable to work on any docs I bring home from Work but just as an FYI, I'm sure plenty of people use this.

Don't know but I never liked LibreOffice, very ugly and not stable. For mac I use Office 2008, for Windows I use Kingsoft Free Office.

 

[Gökhan]

I use iWork 09' for my PPC Mac. It's I think best Office Suite for PPC & also supports 10.4.11 as well.

iWork '09 system requirements

A Mac with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (500MHz or faster) processor
512MB of RAM; 1GB recommended
Approximately 1.2GB of available disk space
32MB of video memory
Mac OS X v10.4.11 or Mac OS X v10.5.6 or later
QuickTime 7.5.5 or later
DVD drive required to install
Some features may require Internet access; additional fees and terms apply

 

[MyMac1976]

With iWork 09 available for PowerPC I can't think of a good reason to use LibreOffice. While I do like it I don't think it's better for most users than iWork

 

[miocinq]

You could try libreoffice 4.2.0.0 for ppc. Runs fine and fast on my PowerBook G4/1.67. Just FYI.

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/manulix/other/libreoffice/

 

[tampasteve]

I agree with several other posters, iWork does pretty much everything I need on a PPC for an office suite. I do have LibreOffice installed on my machines, but I rarely use it. iWork 09 just works so well for almost any use I need it for.

 

[harnadem]

One aspect of Libreoffice that I like (and why I keep using it) is its cross platform applicability. I have a mixture of OS X, Windows XP, Windows 8 and Linux computers, and can easily work on my libreoffice docs on any of them.