Slightly OT: bad rap for Fedora, and realistic effects

oldman talbotscott at cox.net
Sun Feb 25 18:26:19 UTC 2007


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Vivek J. Patankar wrote:
> Norm wrote:
>> For me the ideal Fedora distro(s) would be a 1 live disk for both
>> server and a desktop version.  The ability as we have now to add
>> individual packages we feel the need for. And the additional 3 to 5
>> disks we have 
> 
> What I would like to see in Fedora 7 is a 2 DVD set that has
> *everything*. Almost all ISPs that I can opt for here have ridiculously
> low caps on download limits. So, unless I use my office network (which
> is okay for my laptop, but not for my desktop), I can't do any heavy
> duty yum'ing.

	I see this as problematic.  The day after release, many packages are
updated and must be yummed for (assuming you want the full latest install.
	Anyone with a 'slow' connection is out of luck, those with a fast
connection are not inconvenienced at all either way.

	Personally I usually install a majority of packages, though not nearly
all, and usually I get the DVD via BT as this takes a good strain from
the fedora servers.  I have to wonder if it would be feasible or
advantageous to set up a torrent for each yum group, and have a basic cd
with just minimal setup + the Internet etc. which could then be
customized fairly quickly and has the advantage of being as small as
possible for everyone.

Scott

> 
> 
>> now could be bundled packages  such as a graphics add on to either of
>> the of the main distros.  Yes I know graphics on a server does not
>> make a lot of sense.  Other packages could be a security bundle, sql
>> bundle etc.
> 
> Not necessarily. AFAIK, Oracle installation has to be done thru GUI. So
> whenever I am building a box for a database server I have to put in a
> minimal gnome desktop. My DBA even wanted to have a remote GUI terminal
> (he heard of XDMCP from somewhere). I literally had to put a gun to his
> head and make him do all his work via putty.
> 

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