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<H1>[Mageia-discuss] Thoughts on an install</H1>
<B>Renaud (Ron) Olgiati</B>
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<I>Tue Jun 7 15:38:11 CEST 2011</I>
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<PRE>On Tuesday 07 Jun 2011 09:11 my mailbox was graced by a message from Marc Paré
who wrote:
><i> > Personally, I will not. I think it is better to spend my time on
</I>><i> > software where the owners collaborate rather than on software where the
</I>><i> > owners don't.
</I>
Maybe we should think less of what the prog owners do, and more on whether or
not the users want/need the prog ?
><i> I just downloaded the "Static" Linux version of Skype from
</I>><i> <A HREF="http://www.skype.com.">http://www.skype.com.</A> Uncompressed it and double-clicked on the "Skype"
</I>><i> file and it works.
</I>><i> The steps taken to "install" the software package (the only step a user
</I>><i> has to do is uncompress the file) are the same amount of steps it would
</I>><i> take if it were in the MCC. The clear advantage of getting the Skype
</I>><i> site version is that you get the most recent Skype Linux version.
</I>><i> As mentioned by many, the Skype proprietary software does not fit the
</I>><i> profile of a programme that could/will be put in our repositories. Being
</I>><i> as it installs so easily, there is no need to package it from any
</I>><i> repository,
</I>><i> The most difficult part for users is to create the icon link on their
</I>><i> desktop.
</I>
Just installed Skype on a new install of Mdv2010.2 (had to go back to Mdv as
Mageia lacks some progs I need) using the Skype4Mandriva_latest.sh install
script; this is in Portuguese, but works perfectly; maybe we could look into
using this as the base of a rpm that, once installed, would run the script and
download and install Skype, including put an icon wherever it is needed (menu,
desktop etc) ?
Cheers,
Ron.
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de ne plus pouvoir donner le mauvais exemple.
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