Seconded. As an end user, if it were not for the static ISO images, installs would take all day. < 2 hours with ISO (including base install) to complete on relatively modern hardware with the network disabled. This is completely configured and operational (less security setup and kiosk lockdown). Astounding. If the network is enabled, it will update via the repository and that has taken between 5 and 7 hours depending on the pipeline at the community center or school. As traffic continues to increase, this will become a big impediment against the ease of use build into this add on. As someone who has performed three installations now, I have learned to use the ISO only, get things operational and configured then attempt the update overnight. But it almost is a requirement to come back and physically inspect to be on the safe side. This brings setup time to 2 days. That is an impediment to schools who would hire an outside consultant to install, and an increased burden to already overloaded IT staff members at the school. On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Lars Vogdt wrote:

Now I want to request space on *.opensuse.org for: 1) ISO images (~27GB) 2) Our frozen Online-Repositories (~27GB) 3) Our Update-Repositories (currently ~400MB)

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Thank You to the team and I would like to vote for this too. Lars Vogdt wrote:

Hi Folks

Reading your Board Meeting Minutes[1], it looks like I can be the first one requesting a project place on opensuse.org :-)

I hope you know the openSUSE-Education project[2] already? We've released an Add-on Media for: * openSUSE 10.2 * openSUSE 10.3 * openSUSE 11.0 * openSUSE 11.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 containing tons of software for educational environments.

Currently, the generated Online Repositories are hosted by one private server on: http://www.opensuse-education.org/download/repo/1.0/ ...and this server serves ~1TB per month.

Luckily, we are able to use ftp.suse.com to provide some of the ISO images (for local installations) containing the same stuff as the Online-Repositories - THANKS!

Now I want to request space on *.opensuse.org for: 1) ISO images (~27GB) 2) Our frozen Online-Repositories (~27GB) 3) Our Update-Repositories (currently ~400MB)

Why don't we use the Build Service to host our Online-Repositories? => Please have a look at our FOSDEM presentation[3] and our 7 Arguments against using the current OBS for "frozen Enduser Repositories".

I'm looking forward to your answer!

Thanks and kind regards, Lars

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