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LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic)

LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic)

Posted Nov 3, 2012 8:05 UTC (Sat) by liam (subscriber, #84133)
In reply to: LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic) by MarkVandenBorre
Parent article: LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic)

It seems as though popcorn tracks your usage. While I wouldn't care about that some will. Aside from that it apparently only looks at installs and not activations (actually using LO).


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LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic)

Posted Nov 3, 2012 23:03 UTC (Sat) by tpo (subscriber, #25713) [Link]

> It seems as though popcorn tracks your usage. While I wouldn't care about that some will.

At installation time the process will ask you whether you want to install popcon or not (with an explanation of what it does). The pre-selected answer is "No". You have to change that default to have it installed.

LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic)

Posted Nov 4, 2012 9:28 UTC (Sun) by liam (subscriber, #84133) [Link]

I'm not sure how that changes the fact that it tracks your usage (apparently using some version of atime).
Does it let you choose to only checkin the first time (to register as an active user) but not perform any tracking?

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