Do we really need LibreOffice installed by default?

[Evandro Giovanini]

A few things worth considering:

- Java is quite popular among the Workstation target audience (between web
and mobile development), so installing it by default may not be such a bad
idea.

- Without Libreoffice there's no support for .doc or even RTF documents in
the default install. This is something all operating systems currently
support (Windows, OS X and all major Linux distributions). While I'm in
favor of offering a lean selection of apps now that Software is a great and
usable tool, I believe that an OS should support viewing all common MIME
types out of the box.

--
Evandro

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 7:06 AM, 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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