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Now in English: VALO-CD Open Source Software Collection

Posted by timothy on from the so-put-down-that-translator-gun dept.

spuguli writes "VALO-CD is an open source software collection similar to The Open CD. Version 8 is now available in English. The open source collection has been available in Finnish for several years, but now it has been translated into English and is available internationally as well. The collection contains pretty much everything a typical end user would need: LibreOffice, Inkscape, Firefox, Audacity and many other programs. The main goal is to increase knowledge about open source software. The programs are for Windows since most Linux distributions already contain most of the programs, and Linux users obviously are already aware of open source. The CD is developed collaboratively in a wiki. It is freely available as a torrent download."

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  1. Re:Do we need another one? by sourcerror · · Score: 3, Informative

    These aren't Linux distros. They're collections of Windows versions of opensource applications.

  2. Re:True, it's not a distro, but... by smi.james.th · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well for one thing, the Open CD was discontinued in 2007. A more up-to-date collection of free software would be useful for advocates distributing to their friends.

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  3. Re:The Open CD is no longer maintained by fph+il+quozientatore · · Score: 3, Informative

    The latest version includes Firefox 6.0.1. 'Nuff said...

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  4. Re:What Windows users really need... by QuasiSteve · · Score: 3, Informative

    Microsoft are planning this, more or less.. mostly less, of course, because they're Microsoft.

    That said, one site that I've seen suggested before is:
    http://ninite.com/

    It's not just open source software, and it's not even 100% free-as-in-mythical-free-beer (trial version of MS Office, for example), but it does have a great many open source applications listed and makes installing them and keeping them updated pretty simple.

    It's not a complete set, but it is probably 'enough' for the casual user - and the concept could easily grow to accommodate more applications without losing sight of the fact that having 100 applications that all do the same thing is more confusing than helpful.