On 08/27/2010 05:20 PM, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote: > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Stephen Gallagher<sgallagh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Might I make another suggestion? Encourage interested parties to bring >> (or purchase nearby) a 4GB flash drive and just set up a couple stations >> for creating their own bootable flash drive, either with the live media >> or the DVD install. > > It'd be a good idea to have a flashing station or the ability to do this but... > > * You're bounded by the ability to copy data from a machine to a flash > drive. So you're probably going to be sending people away while others > copy unless you have a lot of USB slots... > * This assumes you can reach interested parties ahead of an event so > they bring 4GB USB drives, which isn't likely for a lot of events. > * Reduces the footprint of the media -- I'm likely to pass on a DVD to > a co-worker, friend, etc. I may be a Fedora user and interested in > picking up media not for me, but for someone else - probably less > likely to bring& pass on a 4GB key to someone else. > * While many people want to install on a netbook, others want to > install on a machine with a DVD drive ... and on "written-off", old 32bit-only "testing machines". > -- and may be a bit intimidated > with the process of using a USB key to boot. I am missing one essential point: Double sided openSUSE DVDs being distributed as gratuit supplements to magazines, offering all such magazine subscribers the most flexible opportunities to give openSUSE a try. Ralf _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
