Does LibreOffice run on the Fairphone 3?
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- LibreOffice currently does not work on PinePhone Ubuntu Touch:
https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7727/libertine-container-libreoffice-installation-error-message/14
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We own also a Poco F1 device, but bootloader unlocking is difficult
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Bootloader unlocking seems to be better on the Fairphone 3
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does LibreOffice run on the Fairphone 3?
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@peter-gamma
If libreoffice runs on libertine on other halium based devices, it'll run on FP3 i guess. -
@Peter-Gamma Don't know about the Fair phone, but LibreOffice Writer runs in a Libertine container on the Pixel 3a. You will need a keyboard attached for it to be usable, since the OSK did not slide up when I last tested it.
I would very highly recommend the Pixel 3a to anyone looking for a fully featured UT device.
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@arubislander me too.
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@emphrath Thank you for you answers.
We have currently managed to install LibreOffice on the PinePhone PostmarketOS. Unfortunately, Bluetooth mouse and keyboard are not stable, HDMI out: tested two adapter which did not work. One usb mouse worked, but not the PC keyboard over VNC server connectet to a Windows PC.
In LibreOffice, it is sometimes possible to type with the PinePhone keyboard, but LibreOffice is not touchable.
Pixel 3a is currently unavailable in Switzerland.
We love LibreOffice, but we are really desperate.
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@peter-gamma Pixel 3a is not available anywhere. You have to look for second hand or refurbished devices. Btw, this is Ubuntu touch forum and PostmarketOS is sth we probably can't help you with.
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Yes, this is the Ubports forum. It was about finding out whether it is worth to try LibreOffice on a Fairphone 3, after I had initial problems on a PinePhone with LibreOffice on PMOS.
I did distro hopping on the PinePhone and went through all possible distros, until I managed to install LibreOffice. I also have a Fairphone 3, which I bought before the PinePhone, and I changed to the PinePhone since I can write to the external SD card which I really love. I don t think I will buy another Pixel 3a in near future.
I was wondering whether LibreOffice might be better on a Fairphone 3 than on a PinePhone with POS. There is a problem that LibreOffice hangs when it wants to recover files at start up, and I could not yet find a way to start LibreOffice when this questions box is on the screen, so it is not usuable for me to this date.
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@peter-gamma Just tried it on the FP3: the first start worked, but all following fail.
I see a little window with the old document, obviously it is trying to reopen it as you described and then it just crashs/closes the app again.I am sure there must be exist some workaround though.
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@luksus Thanks for sharing your experience. What a pitty. LibreOffice does not work on a Ubuntu Touch Pinephone, and now also troubles with Fairphone 3.
We had about three weeks to get LibreOffice to run on a PinePhone with PostmarketOS and mobian. After three weeks, when all troubles where described in great detail, it «just worked» in those distros. A miracle happened.
It is worth publishing issues. Distro developers eventually will update it.
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@peter-gamma said in Does LibreOffice run on the Fairphone 3?:
It is worth publishing issues. Distro developers eventually will update it.
Hm, but I think that the libertine container does not have high priority right now.
Maybe this will change in the future again, since Wireless External Displays starting to work on Halium 9 and 10 devices again and desktop apps gain more popularity.
Maybe it just works, as soon as the jump to the new Ubuntu base 20.04 is completed, because dependencies and packages are more up to date then...
