Re: choosing software applications
Hi,
On Thu, 03 Mar 2005, Herman Robak wrote:
> Indeed it can. However, OpenOffice is not appropriate everywhere.
<sigh>
I can't argue with that. I wonder is it feasible to create a
/etc/alternatives/wordprocessor with a neutral icon. A school could then
change the link to correspond to their choice?
> This _may_ be solvable at install time. The translation issue can
> be resolved without any extra user input: If the chosen locale does
> not have an OpenOffice translation, but a Koffice translation, then
> trigger the Koffice installation.
That's interesting too.
> I think Ubuntulinux, as a commercial entity, can impose a "one size
> fits all" policy. Debian-edu work by consensus, so there will be
> more redundancy here.
Naturally. Hence my somewhat tentative approach to the issue.
Gavin
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