On 12/15/08 6:11 PM, "Alex Fisher" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Great to hear Alex, Thanks!
>>
>> But one question, has the Extras CD part been updated? I have had a few
>> complaints from Windows Vista users that quite a bit of the content of the
>> Extras CD was not compatible with Vista, sorry no one has been specific
>> though on what or which was not working.
>
> Unfortunately, the Open Clip Art Library has not been updated for some time,
> so I can't put a newer version on the DVD :( My guess is that it is that
> (Open Clip Art) which causes the problems for some, since all the images are
> either PNG or vector. I've thought about converting them to a more
> Windows-friendly format, but time (and not knowing all the ins and outs of
> the GIMP) has prevented it so far.
Yes the PNG format I can understand, as that was the format for the .ico
image on previous CD's that I had to change to a "Windows Frendly" format.
Thanks for the info, I'll have to include some information on that, and look
into it a little more now that I have an idea.
Thanks again for all your work
> The templates should work, I'd be quite surprised if they didn't, since they
> are OO.o specific, not OS reliant.
>>
>> Bill...
>>
>> On 12/15/08 4:55 PM, "Alex Fisher" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> As the subject line says. the OO.o 3.0 ISO is now available on the
>>> extended mirrors.
>>>
>>> We have decided to go for a single DVD image this time, since the
>>> alternative was 4 CD images.
>>>
>>> The DVD contains the unpacked Windows installer, set up to autostart,
>>> both RPM and DEB packages for Linux, DMG images for both Mac intel and
>>> Mac PPC, Solaris packages for Intel and SPARC, and the contents of the
>>> Extras CD.
>>>
>>> The packages which include the JRE have been used in preference to the
>>> ones without the JRE.
>>>
>>> The overall size is approximately 1.7 GB.
>>>
>>> The major change is that the Windows installer has been unpacked before
>>> being put on the DVD, reducing the installation steps for Windows users.
>>>
>>> Hopefully there will be (or maybe already are?) torrents made available
>>> by Mike! and his crew.
>>
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