workstation spin

[Amadeus W.M.]

On Tue, 09 Jun 2015 18:17:56 +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 08:55:07AM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 10:54:35PM +0000, Amadeus W.M. wrote:
>> > I'm not talking about the desktop, choosing one or another is trivial. 
>> > I'm talking about install time. I installed F22 from the live iso 
>> > (the only available), and I had no choice of customizing what's being 
>> > installed. Maybe I missed something or maybe I chose the wrong install 
>> > source.
>> 
>> The emphasis is on getting you to a basic running system quickly, with
>> as few questions as possible. Once there, you have much more powerful
>> options for adding software, and it's available whenever is convenient.
>> Why duplicate this at install time?
> 
> More to the point, I don't think the Live images ever offered a choice.
> That's kind-of the idea about live images.  When you install from them,
> you get the exact same system that you would get if you were to boot
> from it.  I would try the netinstall image to get choices.
> 
> I believe, there was some talk of having updated live images from time
> to time during the lifetime of a Fedora release, to aid installing an
> updated Fedora version easier.  It was abandoned as it required more
> effort than available.
> 
> -- 
> Suvayu
> 
> Open source is the future. It sets us free.

I understand the parsimony of the live image, but why isn't there a full
fledged workstation iso available anymore? Or is there and I just missed it?