On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 14:43 +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
houghi <houghi@houghi.org> writes:
[...] As almost any other distro is able to get a 1 CD version out, I am sure SUSE is able to do the same.
We could - provide one iso with English only and just a minimal desktop. Please keep in mind that we've been doing SUSE Linux Retail boxes for some time and for that purpose those are not needed. Opening up means some changes for all of us - and I personally do not see the real benefit of such a one CD. Our buildsystem is targeted with the many languages (the Mini ISO already supports more than 10 languages) and I'm not sure whether this can be done in an easy way for us at this point of time.
If you all really prefer this over the 4 CDs, then convince us why it's better and what exactly we should put out.
Andreas We have to keep in mind that not everyone's test machine will have a DVD, although they are cheap enough, and the 4 CD format would be better for some. The first CD could be like the current (9.3) CD that could be used for an FTP install as well. That way they only need download the first CD. And you will have people the will want a single DVD for install. Hard to please every one.
-- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge