Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-11 Thread Druid
please, This a about choice, there are two CD 1's each will take you to the full installation of your choice. Each will also give you a fully If it was about choice, I demand the wmaker one cd, and the xfce one cd... Lets speak the english clear here, right? Lets not try to put smoke in the

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-11 Thread Andreas Jaeger
Druid [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: please, This a about choice, there are two CD 1's each will take you to the full installation of your choice. Each will also give you a fully If it was about choice, I demand the wmaker one cd, and the xfce one cd... Lets speak the english clear here,

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-11 Thread Druid
It is not about choice, its about having to have gnome. Again: there Let me make perfectly clear that openSUSE is not a KDE distribution and Thanks for clarifying, aj, I must have confused something, probably about opensuse being a kde distribution... end of thread regards Marcio --- druid

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-10 Thread Stephan Binner
On Sunday, 8. July 2007 11:36:10 Carlos F Lange wrote: I change my vote. I thought TexLive was in addition to teTex, the usual Latex package. As Alberto pointed out, there is talk about removing it. Correct, TeX Live supersedes TeTeX and does not enhance it. Bye, Steve

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-10 Thread Stephan Binner
On Monday, 9. July 2007 14:20:47 Alberto Passalacqua wrote: openSUSE switched to TeXLive, which is bigger than tetex. [..] How other distributions can provide TeX (fedora, mandriva, ...) on the DVD? Strange question: current Fedora does include TeTex (dunno about Mandriva), I doubt that you

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-10 Thread Andreas Jaeger
Thanks a lot for your feedback on TeXLive, this was valuable. I discussed further with Michael and we will do the following: * The 1 CD GNOME/KDE will not include TeXLive (definitely not enough space) * During installation the ftp tree will be added so that users can install TeXLive via

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-10 Thread Alberto Passalacqua
It sounds great! :-) Bye, Alberto Il giorno mar, 10/07/2007 alle 12.56 +0200, Andreas Jaeger ha scritto: Thanks a lot for your feedback on TeXLive, this was valuable. I discussed further with Michael and we will do the following: * The 1 CD GNOME/KDE will not include TeXLive (definitely

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-10 Thread James Tremblay
On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 12:56 +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote: Thanks a lot for your feedback on TeXLive, this was valuable. I discussed further with Michael and we will do the following: * The 1 CD GNOME/KDE will not include TeXLive (definitely not enough space) * During installation the

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-10 Thread Richard Guenther
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007, Andreas Jaeger wrote: Thanks a lot for your feedback on TeXLive, this was valuable. I discussed further with Michael and we will do the following: * The 1 CD GNOME/KDE will not include TeXLive (definitely not enough space) * During installation the ftp tree

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-10 Thread Andreas Jaeger
Richard Guenther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, 10 Jul 2007, Andreas Jaeger wrote: Thanks a lot for your feedback on TeXLive, this was valuable. I discussed further with Michael and we will do the following: * The 1 CD GNOME/KDE will not include TeXLive (definitely not enough

RE: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-10 Thread Robison, Jonathon (M.)
@opensuse.org Subject: Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE Thanks a lot for your feedback on TeXLive, this was valuable. I discussed further with Michael and we will do the following: * The 1 CD GNOME/KDE will not include TeXLive (definitely not enough

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-10 Thread Druid
What's the point of still creating the 5 CDs / DVD5 if we now have the 1 CD GNOME/KDE images? The question is why isnt the one cd kde the first CD of the 5-cd set, instead of being yet another media, thats much more sensible to me... I believe the answer is that we have to have damn gnome,

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-10 Thread James Tremblay
On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 16:44 -0200, Druid wrote: What's the point of still creating the 5 CDs / DVD5 if we now have the 1 CD GNOME/KDE images? The question is why isnt the one cd kde the first CD of the 5-cd set, instead of being yet another media, thats much more sensible to me...

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-09 Thread Michal Marek
Bernhard Walle wrote: * Andreas Jaeger [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-07-07 16:27]: TeXlive No TeX distribution in the DVD set? Please not. The survey is *not* representative, and why should a TeX user take part at all if a survey is titled 'Proprietary Software'? It was IMO *very* hidden that

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-09 Thread Alberto Passalacqua
Il giorno dom, 08/07/2007 alle 20.11 -0400, James Tremblay ha scritto: Most of the people I introduce to openSUSE complain about how long it takes to install and can't believe it takes an entire DVD just to get Linux running. This is not going to improve neither with the netinstall nor with

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-09 Thread Daniel Bornkessel
On Saturday 07 July 2007 22:30:12 Bernhard Walle wrote: * Andreas Jaeger [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-07-07 16:27]: TeXlive No TeX distribution in the DVD set? Please not. The survey is *not* representative, and why should a TeX user take part at all if a survey is titled 'Proprietary

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-09 Thread Stephan Kulow
Am Sonntag 08 Juli 2007 schrieb Alberto Passalacqua: Maybe CTAN usage statistics can help the decision. Someone thinks noone uses LaTeX, but I think the numbers are interesting, considering it's a specific tool: http://www.ctan.org/usage/ftp/usage_200706.html To give an idea, in June 2007:

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-09 Thread Bernhard Walle
* Stephan Kulow [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-07-09 13:57]: Am Sonntag 08 Juli 2007 schrieb Alberto Passalacqua: Maybe CTAN usage statistics can help the decision. Someone thinks noone uses LaTeX, but I think the numbers are interesting, considering it's a specific tool:

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-09 Thread Alberto Passalacqua
Il giorno lun, 09/07/2007 alle 14.11 +0200, Bernhard Walle ha scritto: At least it should be on the DVD9. Or what's the point of buying the box if the user has do download all via FTP? This is exactly my point of view. Regards, Alberto

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-09 Thread Alberto Passalacqua
Il giorno lun, 09/07/2007 alle 13.57 +0200, Stephan Kulow ha scritto: And the question here is not if we make it impossible to use LaTeX for opensuse users. We discuss here if it takes a download or not to install it. The question is quite clear. The reasons are not, at least to me. I don't

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-09 Thread Eberhard Moenkeberg
Hi, On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Alberto Passalacqua wrote: Il giorno lun, 09/07/2007 alle 14.11 +0200, Bernhard Walle ha scritto: At least it should be on the DVD9. Or what's the point of buying the box if the user has do download all via FTP? This is exactly my point of view. Very much

RE: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-09 Thread Robison, Jonathon (M.)
PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 10:28 AM To: opensuse-factory@opensuse.org Subject: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE Michael Löffler wrote on opensuse-announce: Hi, the survey we did on proprietary software can be found here: http

RE: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-09 Thread James Tremblay
I believe a complete restructuring of openSUSE's delivery should be considered. To provide as little difference between the download and the retail versions as possible should be the goal, And there are differences. check the bug https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=282531 there are

RE: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-09 Thread Alberto Passalacqua
Il giorno lun, 09/07/2007 alle 09.46 -0400, James Tremblay ha scritto: I believe a complete restructuring of openSUSE's delivery should be considered. To provide as little difference between the download and the retail versions as possible should be the goal, And there are differences. check

RE: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-09 Thread James Tremblay
On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 16:20 +0200, Alberto Passalacqua wrote: Il giorno lun, 09/07/2007 alle 09.46 -0400, James Tremblay ha scritto: I believe a complete restructuring of openSUSE's delivery should be considered. To provide as little difference between the download and the retail versions

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-08 Thread Carlos F Lange
On Sat July 7 2007 13:25, Carlos F Lange wrote: On Sat July 7 2007 08:27, Andreas Jaeger wrote: TextMaker TeXlive What do you think? I change my vote. I thought TexLive was in addition to teTex, the usual Latex package. As Alberto pointed out, there is talk about removing it. There is

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-08 Thread James Tremblay
On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 10:34 +1200, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Sun 08 Jul 2007 02:27:42 NZST +1200, Andreas Jaeger wrote: TeXlive What do you think? I just put a dent in my head from hitting the roof over an absence of LaTeX from the DVD... Yes it's big, that's why having it on DVD

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-08 Thread Alberto Passalacqua
Il giorno dom, 08/07/2007 alle 09.14 -0400, James Tremblay ha scritto: Gentleman, I would like to point out that the teXlive\Tex\LaTex debate seems to be concerned with a relatively small group(in a world domination approach of distribution, which openSUSE needs) of university\scientific

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-08 Thread Alberto Passalacqua
Maybe CTAN usage statistics can help the decision. Someone thinks noone uses LaTeX, but I think the numbers are interesting, considering it's a specific tool: http://www.ctan.org/usage/ftp/usage_200706.html To give an idea, in June 2007: Total Hits: 1675377 Hits per Hour - Avg: 2326 - Max:

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-08 Thread Alberto Passalacqua
Il giorno dom, 08/07/2007 alle 14.27 -0400, James Tremblay ha scritto: On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 18:30 +0200, Alberto Passalacqua wrote: Il giorno dom, 08/07/2007 alle 09.14 -0400, James Tremblay ha scritto: Gentleman, I would like to point out that the teXlive\Tex\LaTex debate seems to be

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-08 Thread James Tremblay
On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 22:32 +0200, Alberto Passalacqua wrote: Il giorno dom, 08/07/2007 alle 14.27 -0400, James Tremblay ha scritto: On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 18:30 +0200, Alberto Passalacqua wrote: Il giorno dom, 08/07/2007 alle 09.14 -0400, James Tremblay ha scritto: Gentleman, I

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-08 Thread James Tremblay
On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 14:27 -0400, James Tremblay wrote: On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 18:30 +0200, Alberto Passalacqua wrote: Il giorno dom, 08/07/2007 alle 09.14 -0400, James Tremblay ha scritto: Gentleman, I would like to point out that the teXlive\Tex\LaTex debate seems to be concerned

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-08 Thread Sid Boyce
James Tremblay wrote: STUFF DELETED Having to install stuff from separate media is one of the biggest complaints of users, and one of the most boring activities Windows users have to do. Most of the people I introduce to openSUSE complain about how long it takes to install and can't believe

[opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-07 Thread Andreas Jaeger
Michael Löffler wrote on opensuse-announce: Hi, the survey we did on proprietary software can be found here: http://en.opensuse.org/UX#Surveys It shows that we ship on the media some software which is hardly used (e.g. PlanMaker, SEPsesam etc.). Software which is hardly used we don't

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-07 Thread Alberto Passalacqua
* Offer software that reached either 80% on Never or less than 15 % on Often + Very often only via *ftp* with 10.3. The following software would be affected: Planmaker SEPsesam TextMaker TeXlive Hello, I agree with you about ARCAD, Planmaker, SEPsesam and TextMaker. But I think a

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-07 Thread Bernhard Walle
* Andreas Jaeger [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-07-07 16:27]: TeXlive Also the DVD in the box? Thanks, Bernhard - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-07 Thread Nikolay Derkach
В сообщении от Saturday 07 July 2007 18:27:42 Andreas Jaeger написал(а): Michael Löffler wrote on opensuse-announce: Hi, the survey we did on proprietary software can be found here: http://en.opensuse.org/UX#Surveys It shows that we ship on the media some software which is hardly used

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-07 Thread Carlos F Lange
On Sat July 7 2007 10:02, Alberto Passalacqua wrote: TeXlive Hello, I agree with you about ARCAD, Planmaker, SEPsesam and TextMaker. But I think a LaTeX edition should be available also on some media. I think it's selected at installation time by a lot of university/research users, so it

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-07 Thread Carlos F Lange
On Sat July 7 2007 08:27, Andreas Jaeger wrote: * Remove ARCAD completely since it does not work at all on x86-64 (see bug #248873) * Offer software that reached either 80% on Never or less than 15 % on Often + Very often only via *ftp* with 10.3.  The following software would be affected:

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-07 Thread Carlos F Lange
On Sat July 7 2007 10:08, Bernhard Walle wrote: * Andreas Jaeger [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-07-07 16:27]: TeXlive Also the DVD in the box? As the discussion in this enhancement suggestion shows: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263606 the box will not contain everything, because of

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-07 Thread Alberto Passalacqua
Alberto, They are talking about TexLive (http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=texlive), which is a 1GB iso image that allows you to run Tex directly from a DVD on another computer. All the other Latex and Tex related packages for running in your own openSuse machine

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-07 Thread Bernhard Walle
* Andreas Jaeger [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-07-07 16:27]: TeXlive No TeX distribution in the DVD set? Please not. The survey is *not* representative, and why should a TeX user take part at all if a survey is titled 'Proprietary Software'? It was IMO *very* hidden that TeX is in it. And TeX users

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-07 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Sun 08 Jul 2007 02:27:42 NZST +1200, Andreas Jaeger wrote: TeXlive What do you think? I just put a dent in my head from hitting the roof over an absence of LaTeX from the DVD... Yes it's big, that's why having it on DVD helps. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-07 Thread Rajko M.
On Saturday 07 July 2007 09:27, Andreas Jaeger wrote: Michael Löffler wrote on opensuse-announce: Hi, the survey we did on proprietary software can be found here: http://en.opensuse.org/UX#Surveys It shows that we ship on the media some software which is hardly used (e.g. PlanMaker,

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: Results of survey on use of proprietary software in openSUSE

2007-07-07 Thread Carlos F Lange
On Sat July 7 2007 13:51, Alberto Passalacqua wrote: Hello Carlos, this is not exactly what I understood in status meetings. For example here: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Status_Meeting_2007-04-25/transcript Andreas said they are switching from tetex to TeXLive: [quote] (18:02:44)