On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 18:30 -0800, Michael A. Peters wrote: > On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 10:02 -0500, jim tate wrote: > > > > > > From what your saying, I gather there will be a separate KDE desktop > > install disk/DVD?? in the future. > > While I'm generally in favor of a single install DVD, and I can not > speak for Fedora Development, it would make a LOT of sense for smaller > iso installations - as I bet a lot of people download the DVD (or the CD > isos) only to use maybe 1/4 (wild ass guess) worth of the MB of packages > on the disk itself. > > A "Gnome" based desktop and a "KDE" based desktop that are a subset of > the bigger DVD release would save users download bandwidth, and very > well may save the mirrors some bandwidth too. > > If jigdo could be used to assemble the smaller subset install dvds/iso, > then mirrors could not only serve less data for users (like me) who > would probably only want the gnome release plus a few server daemons > (that can be added via yum post install), but also wouldn't even have to > have any isos at all. > > I could see a "Full", "Gnome Desktop", "KDE Desktop", and "Server" > scheme - with the latter three all being much smaller than "Full". > > That would make sense to me. A "Full" install media should definitely > still exist though for magazines, people who buy burned/pressed discs, > etc. > Considering the merge between Fedora and Extras, it is no longer possible to create a "full" version. (>2 DVDs) - Gilboa
