On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 14:39 -0400, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
> <snip> > > An idea I have is to approach state or local governments about using > > FOSS when possible, not just LO but LO would be part of the package. The > > idea based on the maturity of some of the major Linux distros for the > > average user to use effectively. In Georgia the collapse of the real > > estate bubble has hit hard state wide and very hard in some the > > metropolitan regions. > > > > Jay Lozier > > [email protected] > My local city used some free software now, so it is just a step to get > them to look at LibreOffice. > > Also with the NA DVD, we do have some other packages included. > See: http://libreoffice-na.us/English/extras.html for the list. > > There are many other packages I usually include in the "new computer" > DVDs I hand out to people that want me to setup their new computers for > them. Some I install, while others I let them know about so they can > install them if they choose to. I try to stuff the DVD full of stuff > that they might be able to use. For the Windows-Only version we use 314 > MB out of the 1,400 MB of space for the install files for Windows and > Portable version of LibreOffice. So there is a lot of other stuff added > to the DVD than just the install files for LibreOffice. > > Do you have any list of software that you would include for a DVD of > free software that a government, business, or non-profit organization, > could use that could be added to a hand out disk set? > > > > I do not have a good list for Windows, I use Linux primarily. I would think any business process management FOSS would be of some interest. Accounting and record keeping is important. I know there are some available for Linux, I need to check the repositories for their names. -- Jay Lozier [email protected] -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/us/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
