Multi-desktop spin

[Stephen John Smoogen]

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 09:34, Jared K. Smith <jsmith at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Stephen John Smoogen <smooge at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ok I started playing around with a multi-desktop kickstart. I went
>> whole hog on it because I figured it would be a dvd or USB key.. at
>> the moment it is 6.2 GB uncompressed with every OPtional gnome, kde,
>> lxde, xfce, and fvwm package installed on the box. Once I get the
>> scripts for icons installed and such I should be able to replicate
>> through the Fedora tool system for a download and test.
>
> Not to dive into the technical weeds here, but I'm not sure there's as
> much value in a "smorgasboard" installation as there is in a "sampler"
> installation.
>
> By "sampler", I mean an image that can be burned to DVD media and
> easily booted from, that has each of the desktop environments so that
> a user can try them, and the most commonly used applications for said
> environment (like we currently do on the LiveCD images).  The
> interesting question in my mind is -- can that be done and still fit
> on a regular (not dual-layer) DVD?  If so, I think that's going to be
> of the most benefit for handing out at events, etc.
>

I went for smorgasbord to see where I could break things.. as in when
it would not fit on a DVD anymore. Looking through the livecd
kickstarts, some drop common apps like openoffice and such for space
reason. At this point I think a standard install with 4 desktops and
what are considered default items could fit on a DVD image.



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