Re: [us-marketing] Re: DVD as swag for upcoming OSCON

On Fri, 2012-06-29 at 19:32 -0400, drew wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-06-29 at 18:31 -0400, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote:
> > I have a NA-DVD for Windows and Mac ISO file at 1.9 GB in size,
> > without loosing much of the galleries, clipart, extras, etc., etc..
> > Those things are part of what makes the NA-DVD "the NA-DVD".  If you
> > gut it, then it cannot be, should not be, the NA Community DVD since
> > the whole reason for the DVD was to have all these "extras" so a new
> > user did not need to go online to fetch/find them.
> >
> > I have Windows and Mac installs, but no the portable version.
> >
> > I kept the dictionaries in tact and the 8 languages for the
> > language/help packs.
> >
> > If you want to see what the Install and the Documentation pages look
> > like with this version, here are PDF files of the printed pages.
> >      http://libreoffice-na.us/Win-Mac_DVD_-_Documentation.pdf
> >      http://libreoffice-na.us/Win-Mac_DVD_-_Install.pdf
> >
> > If you want to have a copy of the ISO, all I need to do is upload it
> > to Drew's portal.  Should not take more that a few hours at my 120
> > KB/s limits [due to old cables in building].
> >
> > Ubuntu tells me the size of the NA-DVD [just created a few minutes
> > ago] 3.5.4 Win/Mac .iso file is - 1.9 GB (2006429696 bytes) - in size.
> >
> > The NA-DVD on the LO CD/DVD servers is - 4.0 GB (4266373120 bytes) -
> > in size according to Ubuntu.
> >
> > The essence of the NA-DVD is kept for the Win/Mac only version I just
> > made.  There still are add-ons and extras galore to "impress" a new
> > user.  There are still over 180 dictionary/thesaurus/grammar
> > extensions to impress a new user.  There still are the 6 non-English
> > languages for language and help packs.  [The Hebrew language market is
> > one that I have been told MSO does not support much, or at least out
> > side of Israel.]
> >
> > You do not need to GUT the DVD to get the file size down to the 2 GB
> > limit of a Thumb-drive.
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> Using the current set of files as a base to create other sets from is
> not a statement that the original needs to change.
>
> I did the same thing as you, a different mix of files no doubt, but it's
> the same effect. Honestly I had the idea of this as a special release,
> branded for the OSCON event, that is why I was pushed to pull it
> together a little differently - Simon's not real hot on that idea, and
> it was just a first thought. Fitting on a 2 GB USB struck a chord with
> me also, IMO, that is very handy, I didn't realize you already had those
> smaller files already to go. Thought it was only the full DVD image.
>
> First sure push the iso images up to lo-portal, you could do that any
> time.
>
> Anyway - I'd still like to mix an image from the base of files you have
> there, calling it something other than libo-na is no problem, if after
> you see it, you still prefer it.
>
> I had the same thought about the dictionaries when I looked at them
> again and left all of them, removed all the extras and the templates in
> zip files - leaving all of the oxt delivered templates minus the pimaco
> files. 
>
> Windows and Mac (intel and ppc) and the nine language sets.
>
> Kept the latest java installs.
>
> This image comes in at 1,930 MB also.



> I do not want to gut the contents, but I do want to free up another 150
> megs and replace it with some video content. I just got done uploading
> that image to: http://lo-portal.us/aoo/DVD/oscon/dvd-libo35-win_mac.iso

*chuckling* - too funny..

ok - try the real url instead:
http://lo-portal.us/DVD/oscon/dvd-libo35-win_mac.iso

Suppose, since I'm sending a second email anyway - one thing I did _not_
do in that image was update the documentation page to reflect the files
I removed.

<snip>

//drew


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