On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:38:19PM -0800, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 15:09 -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote: > > John Poelstra (poelstra@xxxxxxxxxx) said: > > > Show media has been both LiveCD and DVD. > > > > > > The LiveCD has always been a nice thing to encourage people to try > > > because it can be tried without installing or overwriting their > > > existing system. So to me this is a loss because I doubt we'll be > > > giving out USB keys from a cost perspective. > > > > If you want to give out spinning coasters, the move from giving > > out CD-sized ones to DVD-sized ones should be fairly negligible. > > is this as true in, say, India as it is in North America / Europe? Spot and I had the opportunity to ask this of a number of people from China, India, Japan, and Singapore when we were Down Under a couple of weeks ago. They unanimously agreed that most of the hardware around was at least DVD-ROM/CD+-RW compatible. DVD writers are getting traction. They also agreed bandwidth tended to be more of a problem than hardware. So to clarify, if you're talking about having a DVD-sized Live image, you also need to look into the media production cost difference between mass-produced CDs and DVDs. The Ambassadors who handle media production should be able to give some estimates. Just to make sure John's issue was addressed -- this would still be Live media, try-before-you-buy ;-), just larger. AIUI a user shouldn't need to have 1.5 GB of RAM just to load the system even if it's, say, a 1.4 GB image. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug -- Fedora-desktop-list mailing list Fedora-desktop-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-desktop-list
