On Tuesday 27 Mar 2007 00:05:13 Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote: > > 2. Check which applications need to be moved on priority to Linux. > > Web browser, messengers (yahoo and hotmail), PDF reader, office apps. > Everything else (photoshop, corel, etc.) are novelty and not too many > cyber cafes have it.
True I think. But they're usually present if the cafe has a printer. But also, they're present on just the print server.. usually. > > 8. Check with Crossover office if they are willing to make yahoo > > messenger, msn messenger to work under linux. More the number of ppl > > who request for a > > What do messengers by crossover office provide that are superior to > gaim/kopete/ayttm/put_your_fav_foss_messenger_here? (It's a genuine > question) Voice chat, webcam and those useless winks etc. Even more of a problem is the familiar interface. People need those and the Linux messengers don't have them. I think AMSN is a good replacement for MSN messenger. Except voice it supports nearly all the major features properly. Even Kmess is a good alternative. The problem is with Yahoo. There's no good a replacement. Kopete supports Webcam and all, but creating temporary user accounts in Kopete is a pain because it works on Unix design philosophy, assuming that every user will login using a different system account rather than all of them logging in with one single accounts and creating different temporary accounts. > > I seriously feel Wine is a really good intermediate solution to the > > problem of moving client desktops to Linux. > > I really would prefer suggesting a longer term solution that would > give users a truly great experience of FOSS software. I think rather using wine, develop proper alternatives and deploy them. Keep in mind the fact that if you do manage to get cyber cafes to use Linux, there's a good chance that you'll gain a few home users as well. Developing proper FOSS alternatives for the common software a home user needs is the best way. -- ---------------------------------------- Mrugesh Karnik GPG Key 0xBA6F1DA8 Public key on http://wwwkeys.pgp.net ----------------------------------------
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