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Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> As you can probably guess, I'd definitely like to continue the DVD media |
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> for the 2007.0 release. |
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> This is the list from the livecd-stage1 spec file for the current DVD. |
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[snip] |
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> What additional packages would we like to have on the LiveDVD? I have |
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> no problem adding things like compiz, but they will *only* be usable for |
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> people with cards supported entirely by open source drivers. |
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1. How big can the total get? How big is it now? Is it half full? 2/3? 3/4? |
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2. Is there any information about what *Gentoo* users, to be |
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distinguished from the overall Linux user base, do with their systems |
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that would guide the packages into "themes", such as science, |
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multimedia, network security, office, programming languages, web |
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applications/servers, etc.? |
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3. Could there be more than one, with "themed" DVDs like multimedia or |
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science only available for a nominal price from the store? Something |
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like RHEL -- the source is freely available on line as required by the |
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GPL and someone like CentOS could come along and remaster, but people |
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who wanted the convenience of downloading an ISO would pay, say, $10 or |
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$20 to support Gentoo. |
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In the absence of themes, I'd just say "more programming languages, |
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Rails and more Ruby stuff, more multimedia, more science, more network |
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tools, ..." That's what I use -- everything I have on my systems would |
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easily fit on a LiveDVD, but I could go ahead and build my own with |
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Catalyst. |
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