On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 14:34 -0400, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:
On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
> The only way to change that IMHO is to distribute a million of
> FC5 on media for free, that's basically all that's about Ubuntu.
> Other than that I don't see any strong reason for Ubuntu's sudden
> acceptance. Yes, the debian base is a +, but it's not the first
> debian derivative either.
I completely agree.
> What we need is Fedora DVDs with Core and some Extra packages,
> in a shiny package. The important question is who will pay for
> the costs. We need Red Hat or somewhere else (GNOME Foundation?)
> support the production. The distribution can be distributed on
> the developers and evangelists for free I guess.
I agree with this too -- except that a DVD covers only half of our target.
What we really need:
1. A Live CD;
2. A one-CD install;
3. A DVD.
We can spew out all the DVDs we want, but we're getting killed on the
one-CD install in most of the world.
My hope is that we make some headway in the Live CD project. It will do
two things:
a. Give us a Live CD (obviously);
b. Give us great tools for selecting the right packages for the one-CD
install.
Do you feel that yum is ready to work as fast or regarding dependancies
ready to handle a one-cd situation? I've used both yum and apt and it
seems that apt with rpms is still more efficient in processing the data
required. Maybe thats just me I'm not sure.
I personally believe a 1 cd install is a must since most people always
complain of the 'bloatedness' of Fedora. They always point to ubuntu as
say thats what it needs to be like fast and efficient.
I can see their point if they are a desktop user however I don't see
their point if they want to setup a server. I personally always
download the dvd's for the pure sake that its one cd and its got
everything I personally need on it.
Regards,
Marc