A few things worth considering:

- Java is quite popular among the Workstation target audience (between web and mobile development), so installing it by default may not be such a bad idea.

- Without Libreoffice there's no support for .doc or even RTF documents in the default install. This is something all operating systems currently support (Windows, OS X and all major Linux distributions). While I'm in favor of offering a lean selection of apps now that Software is a great and usable tool, I believe that an OS should support viewing all common MIME types out of the box.

Evandro

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 7:06 AM, Elad Alfassa <elad@fedoraproject.org> wrote:

Hello all.

If we don't install libreoffice by default we'd save around ~500MB (of
libreoffice itself and it's various java dependencies) from the live
media.
This means less strain on mirrors, and that people will get their
media faster (even if you have a really fast connection - smaller
downloads finish sooner).

Also, since we have an application installer these days, people who
need an office suite can easily install it.

I suggest we remove it from the default install.

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