[Mageia-discuss] Suggestions

[Catalin Florin RUSSEN]

Yeah, why not. One swiss knife distro: 1 DVD that allows you to install via the 
meta-tasks the config you like (Desktop, Laptop, Netbook, Gaming, Server...). 
Great, I like this ideea.

Best regards,
Florin



----- Original Message ----
From: Wolfgang Bornath <molch.b at googlemail.com>
To: ftg at roadrunner.com; Mageia general discussions <mageia-discuss at mageia.org>
Sent: Wed, 20 October, 2010 17:22:25
Subject: Re: [Mageia-discuss] Suggestions

1. At Mandriva we already had different ISOs for 32- and 64-bit, which
we should do as well. So this question about the arch during
installation is obsolete.

2. A difference between desktop/laptop/mobile should be on "task"
level like the meta-task scripts we had at Mandriva. I don't think
there should be a real special distribution for any purpose. There are
special Mandriva editions für netbooks (meego), for machines with
poor ressources (LXDE Edition), etc. Such special editions used to be
created by groups inside the community, we can do it likewise.

So, my vote goes to the "one Mageia edition" solution with room for
any other special enhancements to be created by community groups like
the XFCE group, the LXDE group (MUD), the Meego group, etc. At least
for the start. If we have the ressources and if there is a demand for
such special editions we can see to that later after the main
distribution is rolling.

BTW: "Mobile Linux" for mobile phones is Android and I don't think
anyone could beat that on the market. We should not bother with that.