--- Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > > There are several choices here: > > > > Use the Live CD images > > > > Use the boot.iso/rescue.iso and do a network > installation from > > http/ftp/nfs > > > > Use boot.iso/rescue.iso, put the DVD image in the > hard disk in one > > partition and install it another partition. > > There are several choices, I agree. > (I am using one of them.) > But this does not alter the fact that > the decision to drop the CD installation set > was completely incomprehensible, to me at least. > > You might as well put up a banner reading, > "Don't install Fedora if you are a home user. > Try Ubuntu instead." > > Surely the aim should be to make it as easy as > possible > for as many people as possible to install Fedora. > It is not meant to be an obstacle race. > > > -- > Timothy Murphy > e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie > tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, > Dublin 2, Ireland > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Timothy, You hit the nail into the coffin. As Ric also pointed out people were complaining that they had too many discs to download and make the comparison that Ubuntu is just one CD. Why make all the comparisons? fsck Ubuntu, this is Fedora and Fedora is trying its best to meet the needs of its users. They have created nice LiveCD's with GNOME/KDE and the DVD isos for i386 and x64 architectures. One thing that they neglected was this fact that some users were going to ask for the traditional F-7-i386-cd1, F-7-i386-cd2, F-7-i386-cd3, F-7-i386-cd4, F-7-i386-cd5, ..., etc. We all know that you cannot satisfy all of the people all of the time, but someone that can make these isos, make them so that all those users that need them can get them. This in the end makes Fedora truly better than the others. Not everyone can do NFS installs Not everyone is on high speed internet Not everyone has DVD drives/working DVD drives Not everyone is pleased with the limited LiveCD packages, and wants to further customize their installations Not everyone is pleased with the selection of software in the DVD, missing some useful packages and size of 2.7/2.8GB where before had more software, and will have to yum install them. We also know that Fedora all >= 9GB and cannot fit into 4.7GB DVD isos, but Fedora-6 was ok not too many people complained (dvd* here not cd1, cd2, cd3, .., etc) Regards, Antonio ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222
