Re: choosing software applications

[Gavin McCullagh <lists_gmc@fiachra.ucd.ie>]

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