Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (441 mails)

["Carlos E. R." <carlos.e.r@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Tuesday, 2009-03-10 at 10:42 +0100, Daniel Mader wrote:

> On Tuesday 10 March 2009 01:34:06 Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
> > jdd escribió:
> > > couldn't we *drop* the boxed edition? We could still sell a *manual*
> >
> > Do you really believe that people interested in the distribution will
> > buy a manual that is available online anyway ?
>
> If the printed manual is as good and complete as it has been in the times of
> 8.x and partly 9.x, I am sure people will buy it. The price must be reasonable
> and it must cover advanced topics, too, such as MediaCenter configuration e.g.
> with MythTV and HomeServer setups.

Exactly.

> Btw, you could ask the same for the whole box: both the media and the manual
> are available online, so that would leave only dial up people as the targeted
> customers, if you are right.

I have friends with no network at home and very limited network on the 
job. A small download (10 MB) is very problematic. Which means that I burn 
the iso for them, but they can not do updates at all. And I live in an 
"priviledged" country like Spain: the situation is even more difficult on 
many other countries. There, updated DVDs for up to date installation 
without network should be interesting.

> I am convinced that dropping the who box edition in favor of updated and
> enhanced downloadable ISO-images and a really good printed manual would
> greatly enhance the popularity of the distribution.

The printed manual could have a copy of the current distribution on a 
sleeve. And even better if it also includes the updates on another CD. On 
the plus side, users with broadband could still be interested in getting a 
good printer book.

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Cheers,
       Carlos E. R.
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