On 23 Oct 2013, at 04:19, James Antill <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Matthew Miller wrote: >> I've been the defacto maintainer of the Fedora cloud image kickstart >> for the past year or so (I have commit access, and I use it!), and I >> think that's gotten into fairly decent shape. This WG will be about >> going beyond decent and into something that's actually both very useful >> and well-used. I have some ideas for what that'd look like, but I'd >> like to hear yours too. And, I'm interested in hearing where you'd like >> to contribute in specific. > [...] >> I posted a few weeks ago about possible directions for the cloud >> product. > [...] >> I've also heard a few comments suggesting that the cloud guest should >> basically just be the server product in image form, with cloud-init. >> This is a model where cloud computing is basically seen as providing >> "servers in the sky"; I think there's a place for that, but again, I >> don't think it's what we should be aiming at. > > And from the previous emails, the proposals were basically (feel free > to correct me if I'm wrong): > > 1. Cloud image is the Fedora Server OS, but tailored to run in a virtual > environment and with cloud-init. (roughly what you do now). > > 2. A lightweight distribution made for running containers on top of. > Likely would not look much like a normal Fedora Sever, no docs., maybe > even no rpm/yum, etc. etc. > > 3. Tools to help Fedora users generate their own images, based upon > either #1 or #2. One other area that might be of interest is Virtual Desktop Infrastructure - in particular the server side components needed to provide a virtual Fedora desktop to a variety of clients: hardware thin clients; desktop software client; tablets, phones, and other mobile clients. Keith. _______________________________________________ cloud mailing list cloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/cloud Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
