Bug#510288: win32-loader: detect common Windows software and install the equivalents in Debian

[Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>]

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:30:15PM +0900, Paul Wise wrote:
> Package: win32-loader
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> I think it would be good if win32-loader could detect various Windows
> software and prompt the user to install the equivalents available in
> Debian. FOSS software for Windows could be directly mapped to the Debian
> packages. Machines containing games could suggest games metapackages for
> the general category of games installed.
> 
> Some examples of other apps:
> 
> Firefox -> Iceweasel
> Microsoft Office -> OpenOffice.org
> Adobe Photoshop -> GIMP, Inkscape
> Warcraft -> Wesnoth, Glest, Warzone2100
> 
> This would be a useful part of Windows -> Debian migrations.

I think it would be more useful to migrate the settings for those applications
than the list of installed apps itself.  Note that the default desktop task
already contains a balanced selection of programs that includes Iceweasel,
OOo and GIMP.

As for capturing the settings, I'm not sure if win32-loader is the place to do
that.  If it was done somewhere else, then this functionality would always be
available, regardless of which method was used to load D-I.

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Robert Millan

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