On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 09:34, Jared K. Smith <jsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Stephen John Smoogen <smooge@xxxxxxxxx> 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. -- Stephen J Smoogen. "The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance." Randy Nelson, President of Pixar University. "Let us be kind, one to another, for most of us are fighting a hard battle." -- Ian MacLaren _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
