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TheOpenCD 2.0 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the spread-the-gnus dept.

HenrikOxUK pastes "We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of TheOpenCD v2.0. The disc contains old favorites like Mozilla, OpenOffice, AbiWord, Gimp in updated versions, but also has some noteable additions like Firefox, Thunderbird, Blender and Gaim. The CD browser technology is also new this time, and is based on Gecko (see screenshots). This approach should make it simpler to make derivatives, including localized versions, some of which will be out shortly. We have timed the release to be out just before the holidays so you can fill the stockings of friends and family with Free and useful software. Read more or get a copy from one of our FTP mirrors or on Bittorrent."

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  1. Re:While this is great for open source advocates.. by Spoing · · Score: 4, Insightful
    1. If i'm an average joe, my first question is 'why should i use open-source?" not where do i get it from?

    Never try and talk anyone into anything. Instead, show them. Give them some software.

    Once they convince themselves, mention that it is open source and that there's more where that came from. You will find that they begin to look for OSS instead of asking what it is...and they might even ask what makes something OSS vs. freeware or addware.

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  2. Re:While this is great for open source advocates.. by temojen · · Score: 4, Insightful
    If i'm an average joe, my first question is 'why should i use open-source?" not where do i get it from?

    That's the point of the OpenCD. The conversation is sopposed to go like this:

    Average Joe Why should i use open-source? OS Advocate Here, I'll show you.