Bill Nottingham <notting@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Chris Adams (cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx) said: > > Once upon a time, Bill Nottingham <notting@xxxxxxxxxx> said: > > > This has *nothing* to do with upgrades. This is all about the desktop > > > livecd only. > > > > But the livecd "copy to hard drive" option is a quick-and-easy way to > > install a system from a single CD, at which point this is NOT just about > > the CD version. > > > > The smallest thing you can download from Fedora and install (without > > requiring network access during install) is the livecd, so that is a > > common path to take. You can then customize easily from there (but if > > you don't know no local SMTP server was installed, you aren't liable to > > go looking for it). > > Sure, but... > > - If you're just installing a single-user desktop, there's not really > a usage case for a local mail delivery agent fetchmail for reading mail locally even when the network is slow or nonexistent + being able to queue and route mail out, even if the machine is network-less ATM and hops between networks (home, job, other). > - If you're using it as a base for installing Some Other Thing, you're > already doing customization; this is just one more thing It's just not nice to add unnecessary work for anyone doing this. > - If you're installing a lab of machines you want to forward cron stuff > centrally, you're (hopefully) doing kickstart, not shoving the livecd > in each machine Nodz. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile 2340000 Fax: +56 32 2797513 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
