Dotan Cohen wrote:
Oh? And how is one to know that? Where is that mentioned in the documentation?
Many places in the wiki, installation guide, announcements, discussions in this list etc.
If I choose to install KDE, or foobar for that matter, can I be certain that 2 disks is enough? Or will I find myself stuck in the middle of an install, after I wiped the harddrive of a working XP install, and have no way of downloading more disks?
As I already indicated, if you select non-default packages you might have to use additional disks
- Fedora 7 Test versions already provide single Live CD's with the
ability to install to hard disk. The general release would have it too
Excellent. I was unaware of that. That will improve the situation dramatically.
I already told you in a previous post on the same thread. Your reply on that indicated that you hadnt read it.
- Single CD's are not useful for the folks with limited bandwidth
connnections. They can download alternative spins like the "Prime" and "Everything" versions.
And multiple-disk downloads are not useful for those with limited disk to waste, time to spare, and/or patience. I term those people "end users".
Sure. Like I said in my earlier post, having a single CD does not fit the requirements of many end users which is why you should not argue that only a single CD be provided. Package size as well as numbers are constantly increasing in the Fedora repositories. A single CD is bound to become less and less useful over time as a result. Fedora 7 will provide multiple variations to fit into the different needs better.
Rahul, if I could help I would. I'm not a CS major, just a silly Mechanical Engineering student. Many of the usability problems that I encounter with Linux, not specifically Fedora, is that all computer users are assumed to be software engineers. We're not. Sorry.
You do not need to be a CS major to participate. You can help in documentation, bug reports, triaging and so on very easily. Take a look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HelpWanted. Arguing on this list changes nothing.
Rahul