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Found an interesting project. Its a Windows CD with the following applications:

 

Office & Design:

OpenOffice.org, AbiWord, PDFCreator, GIMP

 

Internet & Communication

Mozilla, Miranda IM, FileZilla, TightVNC, WinHTTrack, PuTTY

 

Multimedia & Games

Audacity, CDex, Tux Paint, Crack Attack!, Sokoban YASC,

Neverball, Celestia, Really Slick Screensavers

 

Utilities & Other

7-Zip, SciTE, WinPT, NetTime

 

One step closer to getting people to move to Linux. Wean them first on apps with Linux versions. :D

 

http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/about.php

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Very good idea.

 

They are missing Gaim (or amsn) in that list though - MSN Messenger is a big thing to most users and they need to know that there are open-source alternatives. I would also have included Xchat...

 

I agree though - once they are comfortable with the software, the switch is much easier.

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That's funny, I've just started to give around me some cd-rom of a compilation I've maid yesterday.

Well not all free but my main goal for now is to make them switch from IE/Outlook to Mozilla:

 

- Mozilla 1.6 fr

- Open Office 1.1.1 fr: it's ready now I think. the compatibility with M$ Office files is very good. The main argument I give is that it can import M$ files and export in .PDF format

- java: j2re-1_4_2_04: for Mozilla and open Office

- flash plugin: Shockwave Flash 7.0 r19: for Mozilla

- ad-aware 6: a very good spyware killer (free for personal use)

- Antivir: a very good virus killer (free for personal use)

- Acrobat Reader

- md5sum: a Win app to check md5 sum

- and several scanners against different virus

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  • 2 weeks later...
Guest worldchanger

Hey... sorry to interrupt ur conversation :) but wanted to let you guys know about a project we are running in South Africa, our GO-Open Source Campaign...and part of that was we promoted the Open Cd on our national News and so far about 2000 people throughout South Africa have e-mailed requesting the cd, and have limited knowledge on Open Source...

 

Check out our Site too...

 

www.go-opensource.org

 

:D

 

chandre@tsf.org.za

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