Windows FOSS on the Live CD -- the OOo2 question
Matthew Kuiken
matt.kuiken at verizon.net
Fri Feb 24 04:28:03 GMT 2006
Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote:
>
> I'd like to poll people's views on the content of the Windows FOSS on
> the Live CD. In the past we have adjusted the Win-FOSS to fit the
> available space quite close to the end of the process, but it might be
> worth taking a longer view now.
<snip>
> Thoughs?
>
> - Henrik
>
Just thought I'd add the experience of a BDU who is slowly waking up...
When I first started trying to change to Linux 4 months ago, I tried OOo while
using Ubuntu 5.10. I edited the files I got from work, and everything went
quite well. I had copies of both the Live CD and the install CD.
I did not realize that there was *any* content for Windows on the Live CD.
Instead, due to my experiences while using OOo under Ubuntu, I did a web search
and downloaded the windows version. (Sorry, I won't be getting rid of windows
for a while yet...) It wasn't until a couple months later when I accidentally
left the CD in the drive after a windows boot that I noticed that it had windows
content...
All that said, the size of OOo makes me think that it would be better served
being on a disk that specifically serves windows users. My two most used
windows apps are Firefox and Thunderbird. I use OOo ocasionally, but usually
associated with work stuff that I'm bringing home because I don't want to be at
the office any more.
FWIW, my vote would be for Firefox and Thunderbird, anything else is just icing
in my opinion. I don't use IM, so GAIM doesn't do much for me. GIMP sounds
interesting, but only as something to play with for a day or two, as I really
don't do a whole lot of photo editing.
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Matt Kuiken
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