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On Wednesday 20 August 2003 16:09, Luke-Jr wrote: |
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> AFAIK, there are no 1.4 KDE/GNOME LiveCDs (with the stages for an arch & |
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> GRPs). Sure, most people could download the stage, but most people using |
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> such a LiveCD would be more likely to want to use GRPs which are currently |
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> only available on the non-KDE/GNOME LiveCDs. Perhaps if GRPs and the other |
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> LiveCD-only data were available another way... |
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> Just an idea, but could it be possible that we could just distribute just 2 |
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> LiveCDs (basic, KDE/GNOME) and have a script which allows people to insert |
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> other files into them automaticly (such as stages and GRPs)? In addition to |
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> making many more LiveCD combinations possible, such a method could also |
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> save mirror space. Those using an OS incapable of running the script could |
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> always use the plain LiveCD and download those files onto the new system. |
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That would defy the use of a grp livecd, as one of the uses of those cd's is |
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to allow for a network-less setup. Then you want to have a cd available with |
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everything you need, not need to compile a cd together. |
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Paul |
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ps. Or are there people who want to compete with knoppix? |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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