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From: jslozier <jslozier@gmail.com>
To: users@libreoffice.org
Sent: Thu, 12 May, 2011 19:41:48
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Does LibO work with Google's Linux?
John, Tom
On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 10:23 -0400, webmaster for Kracked Press
Productions wrote:
On 05/12/2011 08:55 AM, John Shabanowitz wrote:
As I understand Chrome OS, it is totally web based. There are no installable
programs. It works totally off of Google products. I think you would need a
browser based version of LibO from an app server. However, Google docs does
save to Open Document Formats by default.
Since they call it "Linux", I assume you would be able to install your
own applications and packages on that laptop or desktop.
There seems to be a movement to make Google's Linux Chromebook a type of
OS that can be used instead of Windows or "normal" Linux distros, or at
least that is what I think they are planning.
So if Google is planning to have a "Windows Killer" OS in a desktop or
laptop computer, you must be able to add your own package for things
that Google has not bought yet: GIMP, Firefox, Thunderbird,
LibreOffice, Inkscape, K3b, VLC, Jablum, Filezilla, XSane, DeVeDe,
printers, plus all the other packages and devices I use almost daily.
Google must be able to have you install these types of packages and
devices, or it will not be able to function as a complete laptop or
desktop computer.
*John Shabanowitz
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On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 8:39 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions<
webmaster@krackedpress.com> wrote:
The following article's title got me thinking. Does LibreOffice work on
Google's Linux OS? It is starting to be installed in some computers at the
vendor, so it may come up. It would be nice to be able to tell people, in
the near future, that it works on that OS as well.
http://ct.zdnet.com/clicks?t=820871699-2633d7c77d14cff811233e01103381d9-bf&brand=ZDNET&s=5<
http://ct.zdnet.com/clicks?t=820871699-2633d7c77d14cff811233e01103381d9-bf&brand=ZDNET&s=5
Five Reasons why Google's Linux Chromebook is a Windows killer
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: After years, decades, of talking about Linux
taking on Windows on the desktop, we finally have a serious contender with
a
serious backer, Google, behind it. Can it do in Windows on the business
desktop?
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The problem the Google stupidity is they are charging you $28/mon over 3
years for a netbook that you can get for may be $250. They are playing
on the ignorance of most non Linux users. They mostly are unaware of
open source software or free(dom) software and their communities. So
they do not know, initially, that Google is basically taking money they
from them for something that is available at no charge.
There are no cost Linux netbook OS's available that are fully supported
by the developer. Ubuntu has an official netbook version that has LO
installed and presumably if you wanted to use Google Apps/Docs you
could. Ubuntu netbook is available and maintained for no charge to the
users, like most Linux distro's. I only mention Ubuntu because I am
aware of it, Distrowatch.com probably lists several others. The only
cost is time for downloading (in the background), burning the ISO on
disk, and install time. The last two are may be 1 hour total plus disk.
Hi :)
It is allowed under the GPL and similar licences. People often feel more
comfortable paying for something and can be very uncomfortable about getting it
for free. Even downloading something can be a bit too technical for some
average Windows users, the rest would be impossible for the vast majority. What
they are paying for is brand-name, support, insurance against breakages and
stupidity. For many people no cost would be high enough to cover against those
things.
According to Wikipedia there is a muti-media player installed on the hardware
(rather than through the Cloud) and the package manager is the same as Gentoo's
Portage. I have a feeling that Portage is quite tricky (?) lol.
Regards from
Tom :)
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