MÁTÉ Gergely wrote: > 2010-05-16 13:27 keltezéssel, Shane Fagan írta: >> Hey all, >> >> I forgot to mention this at the session for default app selection but >> can we remove Open Office Draw from the default ubuntu install? The >> reasons are quite obvious it just isnt any good ... >> > Hi, > > we use OpenOffice.org Draw in a production environment for importing and > editing PDF documents (we do localization of product descriptions in > print quality catalogs with it). > > With the recently added anti-aliasing support for embedded bitmap > images, Draw is nearly as capable as - for example - the proprietary > CorelDraw application. > > There is a single reason most people think it just isn't good: people do > not know about it's capabilities, and neither know how to use it. You > can do very sophisticated things if you spend some time to learn it. > > I suggest that a PDF version of the official Getting Started Guide > (http://documentation.openoffice.org/) be included in the default > install of Ubuntu, to empower new users, probably in the Examples > directory. OpenOffice.org is only powerful if you know how to use it. > > Regards, > Gergely Máté > http://gergely.sportember.eu > > > >
As a nearly 6MB document it's probably unlikely to make it onto the CD (current example-content is 9MB total, including Ubuntu_Free_Culture_Showcase), and there is already documentation included in OO.org. But as a link from within the OO.org application, maybe? (A change like that should come from upstream though, I guess?) I don't think it would solve the core problem though, that Draw is (similar to GIMP), geared towards a more "professional audience" and hence slightly unfit for being in a default install for everyone (simply going by the criteria for removing GIMP earlier [I didn't agree with it, but that's a whole 'nother thing]). Although, as previously stated, if it's pretty much monolitically affixed to the rest of OO.org it's likely going to stick around for a while I guess (until goffice has an impress equivalent?, until main ubuntu goes the same route as NBE?) -- Arand -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
