On Sun, 2005-07-08 at 18:22 +0000, Prof J C Nash wrote: > I apparently failed to make clear that my wish is to have an executable > of Gnumeric (and other Gnome stuff too) that can be run from CD or USB. > I've remastered Knoppix once (see www.telltable.com), but that is a very > different situation since one reboots. I'm looking to plug in a USB and > run Gnumeric on a "foreign" system without installing it. Some Win apps > and some Linux ones can be run this way, but I'm not familiar with the > requirements for so doing. > > Truthfully, there could be obstacles that render this idea infeasible, > but clearly it could make it much easier to "show and tell" and also to > get folk trying good applications.
At lewast under linux, since you could install virtually all of gnome + gtk + other needed stuff in your home directory I don't see any technical reasons why you could not build gnumeric + gnome+ gtk + ... in such a way that all required stuff fits inside a directory structure on a CD. Personally I think showing off gnumeric ought to be done within a proper linux environment and desktop so I fail to see the problem with rebooting the system using a knoppix or gnoppix or other live cd. Yes, I know that gnumeric is (unfortunately) also available for MS Windows.. Andreas -- Prof. Dr. Andreas J. Guelzow Dept. of Mathematical & Computing Sciences Concordia University College of Alberta
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