On Saturday 09 June 2012 11:27:08 Hans Witvliet wrote:
On Sat, 2012-06-09 at 00:20 -0700, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Patrick Shanahan <paka@opensuse.org> wrote:
- M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@znmeb.net> [06-08-12 17:15]: ...
If I were designing the next round of openSUSE, I'd make only the KDE LiveCD and full install DVD as official branded media and migrate everything else to SUSE Studio Gallery appliances one could clone, build and download. I wouldn't even store built appliances - let the user use his/her own disk space allocation for that.
and the *only* new users to openSUSE will be geeks familiar with kiwi and very competent in linux arts.
Downloading a built appliance from SUSE Studio is only a little more difficult than getting install media from http://software.opensuse.org/121/en. The only extra step is having to do a one-time signup and "join the community".
true, but it would be easier, if all of those iso's and images were available for all, and not just for those with an account.
You don't need an account on Studio/Gallery to download. In any case, IF we do this - Studio/Gallery would need some changes to make for a better landing page for openSUSE visitors. I would want it to be openSUSE branded and all that. I believe that something like that could be arranged. After all, it'd be nice for Studio promo too ;-)
Hans