Stephen Gallagher píše v Pá 12. 09. 2014 v 08:39 -0400:
On 09/12/2014 08:27 AM, Donald Buchan wrote:
> I suspect that while the technical merits of removing LO from a
> default install have their place (ie. large image size, quicker
> downloads, less update server load, it can be easily discovered in
> and installed from the repos, there are popular alternatives like
> cloud suites and alternatives, etc. etc. etc.) it's a major set of
> packages, *for me*, and I suspect for a significant proportion of
> users, even if a minority (in which case I concede that that would
> be a further reason to consider its removal.)
From my perspective, the point of offering a Live Media instead of a
pure installer is so that people can run Fedora and do something
actually useful on it without having to clobber their existing system
at first. (The try-before-you-buy scenario)
We really need to figure out (ideally through user testing), what are
the tasks that people would want to do before they install Fedora to
their local system. I'd strongly argue that the most basic set of
tasks would be:
1) Browse the internet
2) Check my email
3) Read/Write office documents
4) Use instant messaging (Google Hangouts, Facebook messenger)
For Fedora contributors, I might also add
4) Connect to IRC
LibreOffice was not included in the desktop spin until Fedora 19 (?) and
I remember the cries from users that one of the most used programs was
not included in the default installation.
Although I do see the technical merits of removing LibreOffice I still
think that most users consider it as a part of basic software selection
that should be pre-installed.
Any ideas how other distributions handle this? Whether Ubuntu, openSUSE,
Mageia... have LibreOffice pre-installed?
Jiri