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Re: [LUG] Open Source CDs

 

Rob Beard wrote:
Hi folks,

I'm trying to put together a CD with some open source software on it to give out to a few customers when I fix their PCs. I'm planning on putting OpenOffice.org 1.1.4, Gimp, Firefox and Thunderbird on the CD, and if I can I'm going to make it a CD which supports Windows, MacOS X and Linux.


I like the idea, and have a couple of suggestions for the software.


Firefox and Thunderbird are superb, and OpenOffice.org is just about good enough. So plus points there. I am not so sure about Gimp, although I use it (and I don't want to start a flame war) I don't think that it is a good enough to rival the commerical competitors. Which is a real shame. Plus, personally, I don't think that it is the most user friendly piece of software in the world. So I don't know if it is the best piece of "introductory" software. Though you might think of other reasons to include it.

Gaim and a bittorrent client might be worth including. They certainly might get used.

But I say again I like the idea. It will interesting to see how it pans out and what your customers think of it.

Wills


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