Nicu Buculei wrote:
On 12/22/2009 01:01 AM, Sebastian Dziallas wrote:
Sorry for being so calm over the holidays - I was planning to get all of
this done much earlier but got somehow stuck in the middle.
> as I said some time ago on list I'll be doing the Design
Suite for
> Fedora 13. Having had some pretty cool discussion with Diana, Mel and Mo
> in the hackroo... hospitality suite at FUDCon, I've created and uploaded
> a first build.
Nice... are available anywhere some notes about the design concepts
agreed there? (like select 'best of breed' apps or include as much as
possible, restrict to graphics or also go for audio/video, include or
not data...)
I think (if I recall correctly) we were taking the "what would help
designers - so also people on the design team or those who want to get
involved" approach. Admittedly, that's a pretty broad one and I think we
mentioned that having sample content and introductions either somewhere
on the spin or on a bookmarked page would be good.
> It's already based on yesterday's Rawhide, even though it
still calls
> itself Generic 12 - which means it might very well break. It worked for
> me in a VM, so you might just want to give it a try. It's currently
> around 900 MB and already using Peter Robinson's modified base package
> set, but we'll see if we can fit it into CD-size for the final release.
I don't think CD size is a realistic target, my suggestion is to aim for
2GB USB sticks (maybe 1.5GB worth of application, leaving some space for
live persistence)
Well, it depends on what we end up with. For example OpenOffice Impress
is a *major* space consumer. Basically, it means that we're using about
150 MB for a single application. Excluding that one would bring us down
to 750 MB, which isn't too far from CD-size. However, since we're just
starting to talk about it, I guess we'll just see what comes close.
In the end, it might well be a 2 GB target - I don't know, yet.
> Actually, I was trying to upload it somewhere quickly and ended
up using
> Wuala. You might need to run a java applet to download it immediately,
> depending on whether my upload has already propagated to all their
> systems. Peter has already offered to help with hosting, so this is just
> a very very temporary solution.
>
> Anyway, enough talk, here you go:
http://www.wuala.com/sdziallas/fedora
>
> If you've any suggestions concerning which apps to include, to remove or
> what else to do, just shout! There's still a bit on my list and I'll
> move ahead and document more things over winter vacation, too.
I don't think I will get the time to play with it this year, can you
provide the list of packages?
Finally, I've thrown something in the wiki -
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Design_Suite#Packages has all the
details. I didn't include a real rationale for now, so feel free to rant! ;)
Aside from that, the page looks really cool (thanks Mel!) - if anybody
has package suggestions or further ideas, just add them there.
Cheers & Happy New Year!
--Sebastian