I agree with you totally Ulrich. I'm currently attending an online college, and our e-books are all protected. So Acrobat Reader is the only program that I've found, which will open them properly. Which is a bad thing, since it requires me to either a) always read them on a computer, or b) spend hours trying to print them to another application, in order to save them as an unsecured e-book (which is typically about 6x the size of the original).
Which is why I mentioned a footnote or some other way of informing the user to check with their favorite applications for Linux versions. Or listing both proprietary and open-source options in the table. Either way, as for the original question, I think the table looks alright. The only thing I'd suggest is adding a few more "popular" applications under Windows/Mac. That way the user may recognize their application. Have a great day:) Patrick. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ulrich M. Tillich" <utill...@googlemail.com> To: "Patrick Dickey" <pdickeyb...@gmail.com> Cc: ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Sent: Sunday, March 6, 2011 8:43:21 AM Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Linux alternative apps page(s) Hi, Sadly some people like myself need the proprietary Acrobat reader. Evince is not able to open some documents, see hhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/poppler/+bug/321720 The reader is in the partner repos btw, and it can be directly installed through the software center. cheers, Uli On 03/04/2011 07:43 PM, Patrick Dickey wrote: > Hi John, > > I use Skype, but haven't tried any of the Open Source VOIP apps to see if > they work with it (or are better). If they don't work with Skype (and > especially if they don't have versions for other Operating Systems) then we > may need to mention it as well. > > An alternative to mentioning the proprietary applications is to make a note > at the bottom along the lines of "Check with the providers of your current > applications to see if they have a Ubuntu/linux version available." > > Have a great day:) > Patrick. > > P.S. I will take a look at the VOIP apps this weekend, to see how they > compare to Skype (or interoperate with it). > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "c7p"<c7p.ad...@gmail.com> > Cc: "ubuntu manual"<ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net> > Sent: Friday, March 4, 2011 12:08:09 PM > Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Linux alternative apps page(s) > > > Hello everyone, > > there is an issue with the license of the linux alternative apps. Well, since > we are an open-source project and part of linux open source community i think > we would better add only open source software and preferably free software > and NOT proprietary software. > For example picasa, skype, lotus office , Adobe Acrobat Reader are > proprietary. For me picasa, lotus office, Adobe Acrobat Reader can't provide > me more than open source alternative apps can do. I don't use VoIP so i don't > know if Skype is irreplaceable. > > What do you think ? > > > --John > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
