A vision for ODO

When I set out to clean up ODO (see ODO bloated) I recognized that I am not very good at cleaning up clutter. I tend to get caught up in the question of should I keep this or let it go? and when in doubt I tend to stay on the side of keeping it. This behaviour defeats the whole purpose of cleaning up.

I decided that a more effective strategy would be to focus on all the things I actually wanted to do with ODO and build that system or systems. By using this approach I would be using the Law of attraction to move towards something - a vision - instead of moving away from something - a cluttered system.

I realized that all the things I wanted to do with this machine, I could fit into one of three environments. The first was Administration & Communication. This environment is the one I would use for email, for word processing, speadsheets - in essence for office applications or for administration use. This would be my most stable environment, for once I have my preferred applications installed I would rarely install or experiment with other applications.

The other two environments I wanted to build would be subject to more experimentation and I want to keep my experiments and trials isolated from my Admin & Comm system. One is a Video Production environment and the other is an Audio Production environment. To date I have built my Admin & Comm system using Windows XP as base operating system, and I am looking at Ubuntu or Ubuntu Studio for the Video and Audio environments.