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'''Go-oo''' (previously called '''ooo-build'''<ref>http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/03/1212234</ref>) was an [[office suite]] which started as a set of patches for the [[cross-platform]] [[OpenOffice.org]] [[office suite]], then later became an independent fork of OpenOffice.org with a number of enhancements. In September of 2010 Go-oo was discontinued and became the basis for the newer [[LibreOffice]] suite<ref>{{cite news | url=http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/407339/006fbb522912ea00/ | title=Michael Meeks talks about LibreOffice and the Document Foundation }}</ref> and by late December of 2010 the Go-oo patches were incorporated into release candidate 1 of the [[LibreOffice]] [[Fork (software development)|fork]] of OpenOffice.
'''Go-oo''' (previously called '''ooo-build'''<ref>[http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/03/1212234 Sun Refuses LGPL for OpenOffice; Novell forks - Slashdot<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>) was an [[office suite]] which started as a set of patches for the [[cross-platform]] [[OpenOffice.org]] [[office suite]], then later became an independent fork of OpenOffice.org with a number of enhancements. In September of 2010 Go-oo was discontinued and became the basis for the newer [[LibreOffice]] suite<ref>{{cite news | url=http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/407339/006fbb522912ea00/ | title=Michael Meeks talks about LibreOffice and the Document Foundation }}</ref> and by late December of 2010 the Go-oo patches were incorporated into release candidate 1 of the [[LibreOffice]] [[Fork (software development)|fork]] of OpenOffice.


The OpenOffice.org included with many popular Linux distributions such as [[Debian]], [[Mandriva]], [[openSUSE]], [[Gentoo Linux|Gentoo]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-office/openoffice?full_cat |title=Gentoo's OpenOffice Package}}</ref> and [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]<ref>{{cite web |url = https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/151829/comments/5 |title=Bug #151829 in openoffice.org (Ubuntu): “Include go-oo in Ubuntu” |work=Chris Cheney, Ubuntu's OpenOffice.org package maintainer |accessdate=2009-01-28}}</ref> used some of Go-oo patches<ref name="linux.com">http://www.linux.com/feature/154364</ref><ref name="go-oo-download">[http://go-oo.org/download/ Go-oo derivates in Linux distributions]</ref> before they officially moved to [[LibreOffice]] which is a fork initially based on Go-oo.
The OpenOffice.org included with many popular Linux distributions such as [[Debian]], [[Mandriva]], [[openSUSE]], [[Gentoo Linux|Gentoo]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-office/openoffice?full_cat |title=Gentoo's OpenOffice Package}}</ref> and [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]<ref>{{cite web |url = https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/151829/comments/5 |title=Bug #151829 in openoffice.org (Ubuntu): “Include go-oo in Ubuntu” |work=Chris Cheney, Ubuntu's OpenOffice.org package maintainer |accessdate=2009-01-28}}</ref> used some of Go-oo patches<ref name="linux.com">[http://www.linux.com/feature/154364 Linux.com :: Go-OO: The best office suite you never knew you used<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="go-oo-download">[http://go-oo.org/download/ Go-oo derivates in Linux distributions]</ref> before they officially moved to [[LibreOffice]] which is a fork initially based on Go-oo.


Go-oo/LibreOffice, as a variant of [[OpenOffice.org]], supports the [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]]/[[International Electrotechnical Commission|IEC]] standard [[file format]]s [[OpenDocument]] (full support) and [[Office Open XML]] (read and write) for data interchange, as well as [[Microsoft Office]] 97–2003 formats, among many others.
Go-oo/LibreOffice, as a variant of [[OpenOffice.org]], supports the [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]]/[[International Electrotechnical Commission|IEC]] standard [[file format]]s [[OpenDocument]] (full support) and [[Office Open XML]] (read and write) for data interchange, as well as [[Microsoft Office]] 97–2003 formats, among many others.
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=== Versions ===
=== Versions ===
Stable builds of Go-oo were usually available a couple of days after Oracle OpenOffice.org stable builds. Windows builds have a different last number in the version's number than Linux builds.<ref name="go-oo-download">[http://go-oo.mirrorbrain.org/stable/ Go-oo download]</ref> A stable version for Macintosh computers is available.<ref name="mac">[http://go-oo.mirrorbrain.org/stable/mac/3.2.1/ Go-oo Mac OS X-Intel version]</ref>
Stable builds of Go-oo were usually available a couple of days after Oracle OpenOffice.org stable builds. Windows builds have a different last number in the version's number than Linux builds.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://go-oo.mirrorbrain.org/stable/ Go-oo download]</ref> A stable version for Macintosh computers is available.<ref name="mac">[http://go-oo.mirrorbrain.org/stable/mac/3.2.1/ Go-oo Mac OS X-Intel version]</ref>


;Windows versions
;Windows versions
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====Features====
====Features====
* Go-oo can write OOXML files, and not just read them.
* Go-oo can write OOXML files, and not just read them.
* Go-oo includes 3-D transition effects in Presentations (Linux).<ref>http://what-is-what.com/what_is/go-oo.html</ref>
* Go-oo includes 3-D transition effects in Presentations (Linux).<ref>[http://what-is-what.com/what_is/go-oo.html What is Go-oo? - What is Go-oo and how is it related to Open Office<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* Use of the GStreamer multimedia framework in Linux for multimedia content;
* Use of the GStreamer multimedia framework in Linux for multimedia content;
* Go-oo uses a combo box in place of the zoom button in stock OpenOffice.org. Newer OOo 2.x feature releases have a clickable status bar item for a zoom menu. A zoom slider was introduced to OOo 3.0 Writer and later added to OOo 3.1 Calc, Impress and Draw components.
* Go-oo uses a combo box in place of the zoom button in stock OpenOffice.org. Newer OOo 2.x feature releases have a clickable status bar item for a zoom menu. A zoom slider was introduced to OOo 3.0 Writer and later added to OOo 3.1 Calc, Impress and Draw components.
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===Other differences===
===Other differences===
* Go-oo uses "[[Tango Desktop Project|Tango]] style" application shortcut icons, quick launch icons and icons for associated files.<ref name="tango">[http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Showroom#OpenOffice.org Tango style OpenOffice.org]</ref><ref name="ooo3">[http://ui.openoffice.org/nonav/VisualDesign/OOo30MimeType.html OpenOffice.org 3.0 icons]</ref>
* Go-oo uses "[[Tango Desktop Project|Tango]] style" application shortcut icons, quick launch icons and icons for associated files.<ref name=autogenerated2>[http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Showroom#OpenOffice.org Tango style OpenOffice.org]</ref><ref name="ooo3">[http://ui.openoffice.org/nonav/VisualDesign/OOo30MimeType.html OpenOffice.org 3.0 icons]</ref>
* Go-oo installation files are usually available for download a couple of days after OpenOffice.org builds are released.
* Go-oo installation files are usually available for download a couple of days after OpenOffice.org builds are released.
* Go-oo for Windows is similar to OpenOffice.org Novell Edition for Windows. For example Go-oo has version 3.0-19 and Novell Edition 3.0-22.<ref name="novell"/>
* Go-oo for Windows is similar to OpenOffice.org Novell Edition for Windows. For example Go-oo has version 3.0-19 and Novell Edition 3.0-22.<ref name="novell"/>

Revision as of 05:45, 16 May 2011

Go-oo
Developer(s)free software community
Written inC++
Operating systemWindows, Linux and Mac
PlatformCross-platform
TypeOffice suite
LicenseGNU Lesser General Public License / CDDL
Websitehttp://go-oo.org/

Go-oo (previously called ooo-build[1]) was an office suite which started as a set of patches for the cross-platform OpenOffice.org office suite, then later became an independent fork of OpenOffice.org with a number of enhancements. In September of 2010 Go-oo was discontinued and became the basis for the newer LibreOffice suite[2] and by late December of 2010 the Go-oo patches were incorporated into release candidate 1 of the LibreOffice fork of OpenOffice.

The OpenOffice.org included with many popular Linux distributions such as Debian, Mandriva, openSUSE, Gentoo[3] and Ubuntu[4] used some of Go-oo patches[5][6] before they officially moved to LibreOffice which is a fork initially based on Go-oo.

Go-oo/LibreOffice, as a variant of OpenOffice.org, supports the ISO/IEC standard file formats OpenDocument (full support) and Office Open XML (read and write) for data interchange, as well as Microsoft Office 97–2003 formats, among many others. Go-oo/LibreOffice has more complete support for Office Open XML file formats than OpenOffice.org releases produced by Oracle Corporation (which require the addition of the ODF Converter Integrator extension in order to provide comparable functionality)[7] as well as other enhancements that were not accepted into the upstream Oracle version. The hybrid PDF export (PDF that includes original source documents), Sun Presentation Minimizer, and other functionality is directly available in Go-oo/LibreOffice.

History

For a long time, various Linux distributions, including SUSE in its various forms, Debian and Ubuntu, have cooperated in maintaining a large set of patches to the upstream OpenOffice.org that for various technical or semi-political reasons[which?] have not been accepted or not even submitted upstream.[8][9][10] Some of the companies behind those distributions have also offered Windows builds of OpenOffice.org offering the same enhancements compared to the upstream build. Windows builds include, for example, OxygenOffice Professional and OpenOffice.org Novell Edition. Go-oo is just a more concentrated branding effort for these patches and patched builds of OpenOffice.org.

Michael Meeks, from Novell, (who also works on OpenOffice.org and GNOME), said that the differentiation was done because Sun Microsystems wanted to preserve the right to offer its own version (StarOffice) and even sell the development to the proprietary software market, like IBM Lotus Symphony from IBM.[11] Sun was accused of not accepting contributions from the community.[12][13]

Versions

Stable builds of Go-oo were usually available a couple of days after Oracle OpenOffice.org stable builds. Windows builds have a different last number in the version's number than Linux builds.[14] A stable version for Macintosh computers is available.[15]

Windows versions
Version Available from
2.3.0 (unstable) October 8, 2007
2.4.0 April 30, 2008
2.4.1 June 10, 2008
3.0 October 22, 2008
3.0.1 February 4, 2009
3.1.0 June 2, 2009
3.1.1 September 16, 2009
3.2.0 (3.2.0-13) February 26, 2010
3.2.1 (3.2.1-11) July 21, 2010
Linux versions
Version Available from
2.3.0 (unstable) November 14, 2007
2.4.0 (unstable) February 20, 2008
2.4.1 June 26, 2008
3.0.0 November 21, 2008
3.0.1 February 5, 2009
3.1.0 June 2, 2009
3.1.1 September 5, 2009
3.2.0 February 26, 2010
3.2.1 July 21, 2010
Mac versions
Version Available from
3.1.0 May 28, 2009
3.1.1 September 4, 2009
3.2.0 (3.2.0.13) February 26, 2010
3.2.1 June 4, 2010

Some differences between OpenOffice.org and Go-oo

Advantages

  • Go-oo works faster in some operations than OpenOffice.org.[16] This makes it perform faster than OpenOffice.org on older computers with less RAM.
  • The OpenOffice.org 3.0 installation no longer includes a large number of dictionaries for writing aids (spell checker, hyphenation and thesaurus), as this impacted application performance. Localised releases may include dictionaries for particular primary and secondary languages. Dictionaries are now available as downloadable extensions, separately for each language.[17] Go-oo installation from version 3 on includes dictionaries in many languages, as a single extension, being a part of installation files. Inclusion of a large number of dictionaries in a default installation may affect performance.
  • The first time OpenOffice.org is started, a wizard opens to guide a user through the setting of user name and the registration process.[18] This wizard is disabled in Go-oo.
  • Go-oo uses large icon sizes and the "Tango" icon style for toolbars and menus by default. OpenOffice.org uses small icon sizes and the "Classic" or "Galaxy" icon style by default.[19][20][21]

Features

  • Go-oo can write OOXML files, and not just read them.
  • Go-oo includes 3-D transition effects in Presentations (Linux).[22]
  • Use of the GStreamer multimedia framework in Linux for multimedia content;
  • Go-oo uses a combo box in place of the zoom button in stock OpenOffice.org. Newer OOo 2.x feature releases have a clickable status bar item for a zoom menu. A zoom slider was introduced to OOo 3.0 Writer and later added to OOo 3.1 Calc, Impress and Draw components.
  • Go-oo Calc 2.4.x has a built in function called "Solver". It is a little different from the Solver function of the same name, which is available from OpenOffice.org 3.0. OpenOffice.org 2.4.x has no Solver.[citation needed]

Filetype support

Import
  • Go-oo 2.4.x has built in support for opening Office Open XML files and brings this function also for Windows 98/ME users. (Note: OpenOffice.org 3.x has built in support for opening Office Open XML documents, but those versions of OOo cannot be installed under Windows 98/ME.)
  • VBA macro support;
  • MS Works filetype import;
  • Lotus Word Pro import;
  • Go-oo Draw has built-in functionality to open SVG files. OpenOffice.org Draw requires an extension.[23][24][25]
  • The PDF Import extension is included by default in Go-oo 3.0.
  • Improved EMF drawing;
  • WordPerfect Graphics import.
Save/Export
  • From version 3.0 on, Go-oo can save password-protected XLS files. It uses only one basic encryption method compatible with many spreadsheet applications (for example Gnumeric).
  • Go-oo 3.x can save Office Open XML files such as docx, xlsx, pptx by using Novell OpenXML Converter.[26] Because Go-oo for Windows and OpenOffice.org Novell Edition for Windows are similar, Novell OpenXML Converter can work with Go-oo 3.x.[27]

Disadvantages

  • Go-oo localizations are available only as language packs to the English installation.[6] Translations of the user interface and dictionaries for different languages in Go-oo are in some cases not the same as in OpenOffice.org.

Other differences

  • Go-oo uses "Tango style" application shortcut icons, quick launch icons and icons for associated files.[28][29]
  • Go-oo installation files are usually available for download a couple of days after OpenOffice.org builds are released.
  • Go-oo for Windows is similar to OpenOffice.org Novell Edition for Windows. For example Go-oo has version 3.0-19 and Novell Edition 3.0-22.[27]

See also

References

  1. ^ Sun Refuses LGPL for OpenOffice; Novell forks - Slashdot
  2. ^ "Michael Meeks talks about LibreOffice and the Document Foundation".
  3. ^ "Gentoo's OpenOffice Package".
  4. ^ "Bug #151829 in openoffice.org (Ubuntu): "Include go-oo in Ubuntu"". Chris Cheney, Ubuntu's OpenOffice.org package maintainer. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
  5. ^ Linux.com :: Go-OO: The best office suite you never knew you used
  6. ^ a b Go-oo derivates in Linux distributions
  7. ^ "odf-converter-integrator". Retrieved 2010-10-18.
  8. ^ Ooo-build - collection of patches, artwork and build infrastructure
  9. ^ "Building ooo-build from source". 2007-12-22. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
  10. ^ Editions of OpenOffice.org
  11. ^ Reviewed July 7, 2008, Der Standard interview with Michael Meeks
  12. ^ Sun Refuses LGPL for OpenOffice; Novell forks
  13. ^ Can IBM save OpenOffice.org from itself?
  14. ^ Go-oo download
  15. ^ Go-oo Mac OS X-Intel version
  16. ^ The fastest OpenOffice.org edition
  17. ^ Dictionaries in OpenOffice.org 3
  18. ^ OpenOffice.org first start wizard
  19. ^ OpenOffice.org icon sets
  20. ^ Evolution of toolbar icons
  21. ^ GNOME Journal: Dancing Tango on the desktop
  22. ^ What is Go-oo? - What is Go-oo and how is it related to Open Office
  23. ^ SVG Import Filter - OpenOffice.org wiki
  24. ^ SVG Import Extension - OpenOffice.org repository for extensions
  25. ^ SVG Tiny Import/Export (does not work with OOo 3.1) - OpenOffice.org repository for extensions
  26. ^ "Download OpenOffice.org–OpenXML translator". Novell. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
  27. ^ a b OpenOffice.org Novell Edition for Windows
  28. ^ Tango style OpenOffice.org
  29. ^ OpenOffice.org 3.0 icons

External links

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