On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:30:15PM +0900, Paul Wise wrote: > Package: win32-loader > Severity: wishlist > > I think it would be good if win32-loader could detect various Windows > software and prompt the user to install the equivalents available in > Debian. FOSS software for Windows could be directly mapped to the Debian > packages. Machines containing games could suggest games metapackages for > the general category of games installed. > > Some examples of other apps: > > Firefox -> Iceweasel > Microsoft Office -> OpenOffice.org > Adobe Photoshop -> GIMP, Inkscape > Warcraft -> Wesnoth, Glest, Warzone2100 > > This would be a useful part of Windows -> Debian migrations.
I think it would be more useful to migrate the settings for those applications than the list of installed apps itself. Note that the default desktop task already contains a balanced selection of programs that includes Iceweasel, OOo and GIMP. As for capturing the settings, I'm not sure if win32-loader is the place to do that. If it was done somewhere else, then this functionality would always be available, regardless of which method was used to load D-I. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
