Minimum System Requirements

Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 2.x

Chapter 1: What is OpenOffice.org?

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• What does OpenOffice.org include?
• The advantages of OpenOffice.org

• How does OpenOffice.org compare?
• Features
• New features in version 2

• Minimum requirements
• Getting the software
• How to get help
• A short history of OpenOffice.org
• How is OpenOffice.org licensed?
• What is "open source"?
• Frequently asked questions

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OpenOffice.org 2.x requires one of the following operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2 or higher), Windows XP, Windows 2003, or Windows Vista
• GNU/Linux Kernel version 2.2.13 and glibc 2.2.0 or newer
• Mac OS X 10.3.x (10.3.5 recommended), Mac OS X 10.4.x, X11 required
• Solaris version 8 or higher

More operating systems will be supported in the future.

Some OpenOffice.org features (wizards and the HSQLDB database engine) require that the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) be installed on your computer. Although OOo will work fine without Java support, some features will not be available. You can download the latest version from http://www.java.com.

For a more detailed (and up-to-date) listing of requirements, see: http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_20.html.