Comments on: OpenOffice Dropped From Ubuntu Netbook Edition

By: Daniel de Souza Telles

Daniel de Souza Telles — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:01:00 +0000

Why they dont put Gnote. It’s is equal Tomboy, but lightweight and without special dependencies.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:26:00 +0000

Good point. How often do you have a scanner hooked up to an ultra-portable device?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:20:00 +0000

I’d like to know what the rationale was behind removing Tomboy, but only hiding Brasero. This is a netbook edition: netbooks do not have CD burners, but have good battery life and are ultra-portable, making them far better suited for note-taking.

By: 1916home

1916home — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:31:00 +0000

Thats funny, Ubuntu has been basically wrapping their arms around Google lately, and here I am downloading all of my gmail to Evolution and closing my google account. Google is just way to big anymore for my tastes. I have no trust for companies or governments that get too big.

By: TheOne

TheOne — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:50:00 +0000

OMG! They’re finally removing Brasero??? Took em long enough.

By: EatMehChicken

EatMehChicken — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:36:00 +0000

You dumb ass, you don’t have a clue about Mono. There is nothing wrong with it, shut up and go home.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:51:00 +0000

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By: Dread Knight

Dread Knight — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:31:00 +0000

I love google docs :)
Btw, google docs pwns with google gears, so you don’t even need net connection.

All sounds good except adding simple scan; I never use as scanner, oh well.
That kind of shit, like simple scanner or brasero should be added based on hardware, so at some point linux should be smart enough to be able to adjust itself or propose apps to the user.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:29:00 +0000

Remove tomboy? thats odd.

They better be planning on stock installing Gears then.

By: daas88

daas88 — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:14:00 +0000

I totally agree! It’s a pain in the ass to use google docs when having slow internet connection. And i think it’s ok they dump tomboy, IMHO it’s pretty much useless. If i ever needed something like that, i’d rather have the sticky notes applet.

By: Peterson EspaÃ§oporto

Peterson EspaÃ§oporto — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:23:00 +0000

I’d be happier with Gnote, but it doesn’t have Ubuntu One syncing, that’s the point.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:09:00 +0000

Surely a note taking app on a netbook is a reasonable thing to have installed? I don’t understand the reasoning for removing tomboy. I thought netbooks were seen as the ideal device to take to class.

As for PalmOS Pilot. Why the hell wasn’t that removed from Ubuntu proper years ago? It just seems to random and out of place to have it included.

By: nomono

nomono — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:00:00 +0000

Removal of Tomboy is the only good news… While OOo is really useful, Tomboy is just a Mono piece of s**t… Gnote FTW

By: Knef

Knef — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:47:00 +0000

So Ubuntu is embracing Google for apps while ditching it as its favourite search engine? Seems quite inconsistent, and a dumb move, since it also forces the user to have a Google Account. I’d rather use Open Office, thank you. I am also not sure about GDocs offline support – is it even stable?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:55:00 +0000

doesn’t google doc require a internet connection? this is stupid on Ubuntu’s part, what happens if someone is at a place without internet access and wants to get work done now they cant. instead of removing open office they should redesign it so that it would look/work better on a smaller screen if thats there problem with it.

By: Seif Sallam

Seif Sallam — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:45:00 +0000

I’m Ok with everything but Why Tomboy? i really don’t understand

By: Bilal Akhtar

Bilal Akhtar — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:29:00 +0000

OO removed. No major problem. But, they should have added AbiWord to take its place on UNE. Tomboy, well, like everyone, Its useful for note taking on netbooks as well.

By: John

John — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:27:00 +0000

What do people want to do with a netbook if not office and communication work?!
In my opinion OpenOffice is a must just like Firefox and a lightweight email application.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:12:00 +0000

Whhhaaatt!!! i dont really see the rhyme or reasoning behind this.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:50:00 +0000

So graphics apps are out but a scanning tool is in. What’s that about?