On Tuesday 18 July 2006 0:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> G'day Alex,
>
> Wow! 1.5Gb!  How about we have two isos -one with Win, Lin and Mac, and
> the other including Solaris.  

That's why I made the two directories as I did. If you need two CD's, simply 
copy the contents of Install and build a CD from it (you can delete the 
Solaris builds), then copy the contents of the Extras directory and create a 
second CD....

> I have yet to receive a request for a 
> Solaris edition.  

That's probably true for every distributor. However, when I first proposed 
dropping the Solaris builds (back around 1.0.2 IIRC) to make way for Mac, 
there were howls of protest - "Drop something else, but NOT Solaris, 
please!". fortunately, I was able to get a tool which allowed me to strip 
duplicate files and replace them with links, thus shrinking the image by 
around 45 MB. Unfortunately, it won't work anymore (at least, I haven't tried 
it - I don't think it will make enough difference, since it would only affect 
the Solaris directories :( ).

> I suspect that those with Solaris machines also have 
> very fast broadband capability, and they download what they need.  The
> CD Distributors seem to be filling the need for those who are Bandwidth
> challenged, and because of that, I try to be extra considerate, and
> include Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird,The Gimp, Inkscape, Scribus and
> Foxit on my install disk, and I remove Solaris.  The extras disk goes
> out as downloaded.  It seems that those who are bandwidth challenged
> are often behind the pace in computer power as well.  I can canvas my
> customers to see if they would prefer CD or DVD Media.  I can burn
> either.  But all are grateful for the extra software, dial-up is such a
> bummer!
>
> Andrew Greig
> Community Distributor
> OpenOffice.org
> Melbourne, Australia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:41:30 +1000
> Subject: Re: [cd-rom] CD Distribution
>
>   On Monday 17 July 2006 10:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hi John,
> > http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/iso_downoad.html
> >
> > The bittorrent download buttons will provide you with a 2.0.2 version
> > for Win,Lin.Mac,Solaris and a 2.0.1 version of the Extras -
> > dictionaries which you can then burn to CD to provide a full
> > installation disk.
>
> Hold on though! There will be a new ISO for 2.0.3 available shortly,
> and the
> links to the torrents will be updated once it's on the mirrors.
>
> Note that the new image is for a DVD, and is 1.5 GB in size. There are
> 2
> primary directories named Install and Extras. These correspond to the
> Install
> and Extras CD (although the Install directory will need pruning in
> order to
> fit it on a CD - just open it in suitable software (I think Nero will
> work)
> and delete one of the installation sets (most likely Solaris), then
> edit the
> autorun.inf path.
>
> > But by following the Green arrow on the homepage you may just download
> > the appropriate installation file for your OS.
> >
> > Andrew Greig
> > Community Distributor
> > OpenOffice.org
> > Melbourne, Australia
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: [email protected]
> > Sent: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 9:48:15 -0500
> > Subject: [cd-rom] CD Distribution
> >
> >    Can someone please send me the link to where I can find the file I
> > need to burn
> > to CD-Rs to enable installation directly from the CD?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > John Bergsing
> > Decatur, AL
> >
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