Do we really need LibreOffice installed by default?

[alex diavatis]

Hello,

I agree with Elad Alfassa, Libre Office makes the images huge (what about
the net-install image?) and it also affects updates.
When someone gets the whole Libre Office suite by default, he may not never
use it, but he may not ever remove it, and that leads
to bigger updates.

LibO can be easy discover-able through Software or even Software search
provider -at least in GNOME desktop-,
and over and above LibO is a very famous project that everyone knows it
anyway.

About how useful/popular is for the users ..who knows? I personally prefer
Office on Cloud services.

- alex


On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Naheem Zaffar <naheemzaffar at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Almost everything can be installed after the fact. Media players, web
> browsers, document viewers, games. None are "required" and can be
> installed afterwards.
>
> That does not mean that an office suite isnt useful.
>
> Having an office suite installed gives the impression that Fedora is
> serious and redy for work, and also stops the default installation
> from being seen as a "toy".
>
> When OOO.o wasnt installed by default, it used to be one of the first
> steps carried out by me (and I suspect many others). Having it on the
> live media is IMO a good thing.
>
> On 12 September 2014 11:06, Elad Alfassa <elad at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> > Hello all.
> >
> > If we don't install libreoffice by default we'd save around ~500MB (of
> > libreoffice itself and it's various java dependencies) from the live
> > media.
> > This means less strain on mirrors, and that people will get their
> > media faster (even if you have a really fast connection - smaller
> > downloads finish sooner).
> >
> > Also, since we have an application installer these days, people who
> > need an office suite can easily install it.
> >
> > I suggest we remove it from the default install.
> >
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