Re: [libreoffice-website] working on a CD distribution disc for LO

On 08/27/2011 11:22 AM, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> On 27/08/2011 15:04, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
> >
>
> You have your terminology incorrect here, the term is auto play, which 
> all operating systems do from Linux to windows to mac. i have played 
> dvd's of games and auto play seems to work none the less. What windows 
> OS are you talking about. I am on windows 7 ultimate 64bit


As for my "word use", having survived 3 strokes tend to mess thing up 
sometimes on what are the correct words and phrases are the correct ones 
to use.  That is way I do not like to write documentation or even take 
notes at meetings.  So please forgive me improper word usage or 
terminology.  If it passes my spell checker in Thunderbird, I may not 
catch the error.

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There is a MS security patch that prevents certain "auto play" options 
from happening.  This was created to stop those nasties from 
"auto-installing" when you insert a CD or DVD into a drive, or the same 
with Thumb-drives or camera cards.

I do not know all the ins-and-outs of what the patch does, but it was 
meant to stop users from having their computer infected by so nasty 
program.  I know that it work on XP and Vista systems though.  Most of 
my driver and software install CDs no longer automatically run after I 
place them into the drive.

Music and Video discs are exempt from this security option, but I did 
not hear anything about game discs.

I think I remember Drew was one thinking about having a distribution 
disc auto-play, or some term describing the following:  Place the disc 
in the drive, computer reads the disc auto-play file[s], package 
determines what OS you have installed, then it asks you if you want to 
install the proper package for your system's OS.  Windows install shown 
for Windows systems, Mac Intel or PPC if it was one of those, DEB or RPM 
for the Linux systems.  At least that was my opinion on what he was 
thinking a few months back.  That would be nice for some people with 
limited computer skills, but could be a dangerous security issue for others.

Personally, I would prefer not having a software package "auto play" 
when I place the disc into my drive.  I may want to browse the disk 
instead of installing the default software.

For the "distribution CD/DVD" I like the option to either open the HTML 
files in my default browser, OR just browse the disc to see what all it 
on it.  For those who need help and guidance, having the install 
information and what is one the disk, spelled out by using easy to use 
browser-based pages is useful.  Also for those who know what is on the 
disc and just needs to read some documentation file or install a 
dictionary or other add-on, having the choice it important.




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