Fwd: Linux Installer for Blender

Hi all,

Hey Linuxers over here... what's your opinion of this offer?

-Ton-

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Daniel Lopez <daniel(at)bitrock(dot)com>
> Date: Tue Apr 27, 2004  22:18:55 Europe/Amsterdam
> To: ton@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Linux Installer for Blender
>
> Hello Ton,
>
> We have created an easy to use Linux installer for Blender that we  
> would
> like to contribute to the project. Blender is pretty easy to install,  
> but
> having a good looking installer can be nice :) We can also customize  
> to your
> specifications
>
> Features of the installer :
>
> - Native Linux look and feel
> - Everything that you would expect from a Windows installer, but on  
> Linux :
> License agreement (GPL in this case), where to install, installation
> progress, README file, etc.
> - Places a desktop icon (Gnome/KDE) for ease of use
> - Runs in any Linux version. We have a Windows version in alpha and  
> OSX in
> the works. We can also provide Solaris, IRIX, etc. if needed
> - Easy to use : just download and double click (previously change
> permissions to be executable, if needed)
>
> You can download it from
> http://www.bitrock.com/blender/blender-2.32-installer.bin
>
> For an example of how it looks like:
> http://www.bitrock.com/products_installbuilder_screenshots.html
>
> Our goal as a company is to make software (both open source and  
> commercial)
> easier to use and install on a variety of platforms, with a focus on  
> Linux.
>
> We come from an open source development background ourselves and like
> to make installers for open source products (for free, of course) such  
> as
> Blender. For another example, take a look at Alvaro's Messenger
> http://amsn.sf.net So far they have had about 70.000 downloads of the
> installer and people seem to like it a lot.
>
> Let us know what you think :)
>
> Best regards
>
> Daniel
>
> --
> Daniel Lopez Ridruejo             www.bitrock.com
> President & CTO
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