[gobolinux-users] OO + Gobolinux

[teique]

I only use OOo, in my old computer it was too slow but I only used it 
also for compatibility (.doc) and cuz of I am used to its 
functionalities as I believe most users are (and I am not willing to try 
other applications cuz I know OOo works fine already and I dont try new 
stuff unless I have time ^^) but...

As the main point against keeping it on gobo distro, as I believe, most 
users download and burn their gobo.iso cd image thats about 600MB, OOo 
is about 100MB so who can download 600MB surely can download 100MB

As a good point in favor of OOo is that OOo is famous and keeping it at 
gobo helps gobo to become more famous, and we all want it ^^;
I remember a long time ago I would only download a distro to try it if 
it came with StarOffice lol XD;
I didnt download gobo based on OOo, but I believe that "some/many?" ppl 
wont try gobo if it doesnt come with OOo...

As a remaining question, is there real need for extra 100MB available at 
gobo distro?
may be many ppl would add a huge lot of small packages that could fit 
that "available" space,
but which would be those packages? the criteria? only a poll could help 
to figure it out? this sounds trouble ^^
remember also that downloading a big 100MB package to OOo is boring or 
even annoying and download 10MB as the total of many specific small 
packages u prefer is much faster...

Me:
despite I only use OOo,
I dont care that OOo come at 013 distro cuz I keep OOo updated 
regularly, I mean I download every new 100MB release...
But in favor of the gobo distro I vote for OOo to come within it!
:)


Roebe XXX wrote:
>     "If Gobo wants to target more than just hobby hackers, OpenOffice must 
>      be included on the CD." 
>
>
> I myself use Abiword because OpenOffice has two big 
> disadvantages for me:
>
>   - its too slow
>   - it sometimes crashes
>
> Especially the speed-concern has troubled me greatly.
>   
> Abiword has less features, but as far as writing text documents 
> is concerned, it does what I need better than OO. And faster.
>
> I have no strong opinion about keeping OO or throwing it away,
> so I am totally neutral on this. I guess keeping it will 
> at least present a typical user with a big, usable 
> suite, and since OO has many features, its probably a good idea 
> to keep it on a LiveCD/InstallCD. :)
>
> For me, Gobolinux is mostly about beauty in structure.
>