Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (673 mails)

[Bryen <suserocks@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 12:30 -0300, ¡ElCheVive! wrote:
> H,
>
> or a add-on CD with the Non-OSS, leaving the DVD only with open software.
>
> Regards,
>
> Luiz F. R.
>
> 2008/9/26 Alexey Eremenko <al4321@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > OSS PDF readers simply cannot read complex PDFs, where different pages
> > have different sizes, etc... Many e-books use this PDF feature.
> > Acrobat Reader is a must.
> >
> > What is possible is to have 1 medias:
> > 1 DVD for normal users
> > and 1 DVD for Free Software geeks.
> >
> > The 1 DVD for normal users should also have MPEG4/MP3 codecs
> > preinstalled. Mandriva does that.
> >
> > --
> > -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"
> >
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Just a friendly reminder to bottom-post, not top-post if you can.  :-)
Gets hard for us to jump up and down throughout the text.

Anyway, a separate CD sounds easier at first, but I fear it would cause
much confusion.  As I pointed out earlier, many users out there,
particularly new users, don't fully grasp the concept of free software
and proprietary software.  THey just want something that works.  They
would possibly be frustrated with having to have two separate media to
download and install.

On the other hand, those that do know and understand the distinction
would react more favorably to having the option to not allow the
installation of NON-OSS.  

Let's not confuse new users and add more steps for them than is
necessary.
-- 
Bryen Yunashko
Proud 2008 Candidate for openSUSE Board

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