On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 22:36 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > > > > Not kidding at all. Today Fedora Core is a 4 to 5 CD's. If a user wants > only the server packages or only the KDE packages they wouldnt know > which CD's to download. It isnt obviously labelled or documented. What I > am proposing is splitting up the CD's into specific targets. Fedora > Server, Fedora Desktop, Fedora Edutainment etc that is self hosting with > a base group that brings in compatibility between these different > targets but it would waste some space.. Th user who wants just a desktop > or a server can download a single CD. By default anaconda wouldnt offer > any package selection and install everything in the CD which would only > offer a single default browser, single mail client, DE etc. A advanced > option during installation can allow you to do something thats similar > to the current setup that will allow user to select different groups > such as desktop, workstation, server etc. When clicking on a group that > is not provided within the current CD the installer would indicate that > additional CD's are required or alternatively pull packages from the > network (nfs/http/ftp ...). > > > -- > Rahul > Sounds like an interesting option to me. How about: CD1. Base desktop. CD1. Server tools. CD3. Office and Java. CD4. Development tools. CD5. KDE. CD6. Extra snapshot. etc Gilboa -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list