On Sat, 2005-06-08 at 20:13 +0000, Prof J C Nash wrote: > This message is both a query and a suggestion. > > I am wondering if anyone has run Gnumeric from a USB key or from a CD. > If so, under what platforms? > > My feeling is that one of the biggest obstacles to the wider use and > adoption of Gnumeric is that folk have to install it. If we had Gnumeric > on a USB key and/or on a CD (mini CD with logo would be nice, or even > full size Gnome tools), especially if major platforms were present, > those of us who use it could run it when we need to, even as guests on > other machines. > > I'm not an expert compilation/configuration, but willing to work on this > as I think the eventual payback would be large. I'm guessing that lots > of folk would use Gnumeric / AbiWord etc. if they didn't have to install > it. My own particular interest is when I need to run ssconvert somewhere > to extract files from .xls. > > Comments on feasibility and desirability welcome.
We have gnumeric available for our students on a Gnoppix CD. So they can boot (virtually) any machine using that CD and have Gnumeric available in a Linux environment. Andreas -- Prof. Dr. Andreas J. Guelzow Dept. of Mathematical & Computing Sciences Concordia University College of Alberta
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