Goals & Philosophy

The main idea behind MozOO.org is focus. The limited offering provides high value for a select but very large target group, mainly home and small business users.

MozOO.org is consciously not aiming for hobby users and other technically proficient crowds, who are already catered for with offerings like Knoppix, The Open CD and GnuWinII. These are all excellent initiatives, aimed at different users. For straight Linux, we recommend Ubunbu.

As you will have noticed, MozOO.org CD does not contain purely Open Source products, the most significant example of this is the Java Runtime Environment. For the lay user, this component is tricky to install on it own. For instance, it would need to be installed after Firefox, but before OpenOffice.org. This is why we have decided that it is a valuable addition to the CD. It removes the hassle.

Current CD Contents

The current version of the CD is 502, which means that it was published in February 2005. We publish a new version when any of the main components releases a major update. The main components are from Mozilla and OpenOffice.org, two well-known Open Source projects.

Also included are language tools (dictionary, thesaurus, and hyphenation rules) for both Mozilla and OpenOffice.org. Additionally, the CD contains other (non Open Source) components:

Future Plans

Please remember that it is not the aim of this project to fill up the CD ;-)

Also, the ISO image fits on a MiniCD, and this has turned out to have some major marketing benefits. Where we have distributed MozOO.org on a MiniCD the response has been exceptional. People simply love it. So, this is a major marketing asset we would not want to lose.

Localisation

We aim, and the installer has been designed with this in mind, to provide localised versions of the CD. This would mean that the installer will be entirely in the target language, as well as all of the components that are available in that language too. It would also change the default selections of the language tools (dictionary files).

For starters, we are looking at German and Dutch. If you can assist us with any other major languages, please let us know.

The software powering this website also enables localised pages as well as tools to ease their maintenance.

Marketing & Distribution

As the localisation effort progresses, we will also aim to increase visibility in those countries, and get physical CDs available on the local level, online or (even better!) in stores.

To Be Included

We will only look at components that will enhance or complete the current offering for our target audience, without expanding it too much.

Potential

Not To Be Included

This are components that were considered for inclusion, but rejected for practical, technical or licensing reasons.

Geek Stuff

Not to be included, as it does not serve the MozOO.org target audience. Sorry, but we have to be strict!