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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> Assuming you know what you are doing. If you've ever tried to help a |
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> number of less confident users through it, you'd know what I mean. |
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> While I don't disagree that a Gentoo live CD is absolutely necessary, you |
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> seem to be taking the argument further, saying that Gentoo should not |
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> have its own live CD. Why? |
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Indeed, while as I've posted earlier in the list that users should free |
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their mind, and not be too dependent on the Gentoo's LiveCD, I do see |
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the value in users trying to contribute to the project by making a |
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LiveCD, it's fairly beneficial to Gentoo: |
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* Devs can still focus on the tree, on portage itself and/or other |
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aspects of gentoo |
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* This user developed CD will indeed open up more possibilities and give |
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others more choice, without affecting the Gentoo magic touch if handled |
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correctly. |
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There are a few drawbacks and concerns, although it's much too early for |
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some of them to become real concerns |
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* QA. It's quite typical that if this CD fails in some rare cases, users |
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will blame Gentoo |
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* Automated installer or not, if there's this installer, how to balance |
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between customization and freedom, I'm sure we all remember the "auto |
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partition" option of the red hat CDs, and the headache it caused :D |
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* Release cycle? |
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* How much should be included on the CD? if we were to cater |
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networkingless installation, a CD will only be enough for a minimal system. |
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The lists above are by no means complete, but hopefully this thread |
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sparks some ideas and interesting discussions in the list, which I, for |
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one, have missed :) |
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- -- Joe |
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A computer scientist is someone who, when told "go to hell", considers |
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the "go to" harmful rather than the destination. |
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