[us-marketing] Re: Extras page - and 253 MB folder - make 4.1 GB on the DVD.

Le 2011-02-23 15:34, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions a écrit :
> On 02/23/2011 03:09 PM, Marc Paré wrote:
> > Le 2011-02-23 13:53, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions a écrit :
> > > I worked on the Extras and Additional Software page and folder.
> > >
> > > http://lungstrom.com/libreoffice-dvd-project/LibreOffice-disc-North-American-DVD/extras.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I took some packages out.
> > > Found the Mac text editor is now paid only.
> > > I added some to it.
> > >
> > > The folder that holds the English versions of these Win, Linux, and
> > > Mac OSX
> > > packages is about 253 MB. That makes this English N.A. DVD so far 4.1 GB
> > > in size.
> > > Not much room for any more packages [i.e. French and Spanish versions]
> >
> > No sure if you would want to include Sunbird. It is no longer being
> > developed by Mozilla. The development is now only happening on the
> > Lightining extension.
> >
> > No problem with the Spanish and French version for now, as there is so
> > little space. Most of these have ES and FR versions. We are used to
> > looking for the NL versions of software from lists. :-) and :-( at the
> > same time.
> >
> > > I have been working on an English Free and Open Source package list.
> > > http://www.lungstrom.com/list/
> > > Since I moved over to Ubuntu for my desktop, I have not updated it,
> > > much, in the past year. So I have this list. The German language version
> > > had a German language site listed near the bottom of the page. It looks
> > > like it is for an Open Source DVD
> > >
> > > http://www.opensource-dvd.de <http://www.opensource-dvd.de>and here is
> > > the English translation
> > > <http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&langpair=auto%7Cen&u=http://www.opensource-dvd.de/&tbb=1&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhjD2rqIkWCEza-NMBjatYZltMSgog>
> > >
> > > of that page.
> > >
> > > I took that link out, since it is for a German language DVD. I wonder if
> > > I should put in my free list link and some others that may be good to
> > > use. I have not done that yet.
> > Wow, the German site is a busy looking site with an enormous amount of
> > advertising. Your list looks fine. I imagine there are other lists,
> > but then they would be built on their author's preferred tastes as
> > well. As long as the page you put it on is not as busy as the German
> > site. :-)
> >
> > BTW ... I used to use ClamWin as my antivirus. I liked my clients to
> > keep a hands on approach to virus checking, so ClamWin did not have
> > all the bells and whistles but they had to be aware of what it did by
> > being a little more involved in the process. www.ClamWin.com. Maybe
> > you could add it.
> >
> > BTW2 ... I usually use Klamav (KDE) to scan someone's hardrive for
> > viruses if I am asked to *ugh* work on a Windows box. I just move the
> > hardrive (in a USB box) to my Mandriva box and run Klamav on it. Works
> > great.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Marc
>
> I oops-ed again.
>
> The Spanish dictionary names [long Spanish names] files names were tool
> long for my Roxio burner to handle this time. Why it worked last, I do
> not know.
>
> Second, my 4.1 gig disc size had some extra stuff in the main folder, so
> the Web Site folder [the one that I have all my web pages as sub-folders
> off from] gives me only 3.6 GB used.
>
> The anti-virus free list is large for Windows. I use[d] AVG, Comodo, and
> Avast!. Windows Firewall is ZoneAlarm and Comodo. Right now I am using
> Comodo's complete Internet package [free version] on my Vista Laptop.
>
> I wonder if putting my list site would be "proper". It is not a truly
> "professional" site, and not maintained often, but it has a lot of
> software listed on its page.
>
> Then there are the Malware, Registry, and other cleaners. Defrag and
> other Utility packages. doPDF for Windows PDF printer. The list goes on.
> I decided 4 or 5 years ago to make a list off my lungstrom.com domain to
> keep it straight in my head and have a place to point people to. You are
> linked to the individual sites, not mine, for the actual download files.
> I did that so I would not have to keep it up-to-date with the most
> current versions of the install files.

I have no problem with you listing it. It is a good resource page.

> My USB box that I bought to help move files from the old drive to the
> new one or new computer, broke a few years ago. I have not forked out
> the $25 or $30 to get the modern ones used for temp. drive setup with a
> "box" to put the drive into. I had a laptop that I could not fix, since
> it was so infected with virus and malware, I took the drive out of that
> laptop and plugged it into my Vista Laptop's USB port and cleaned all
> the mess up while that drive tried in vain to infect my laptop's drive.
> There were over 1000 malware, virus, and alike found on that Insurance
> man's drive. It seemed that he never heard of using an anti-virus
> package. I wonder how many people at his work place got infected from
> his laptop over the years.

I usually clean out Windows machines with Linux boxes. No risk of 
reinfections.

Cheers

Marc


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