[Mageia-discuss] Suggestions

[George J. Walsh]

On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 16:59 +0100, Catalin Florin RUSSEN wrote:
> 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

Count my little group in on this approach too.

George

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> ----- 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
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> 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 installation is obsolete.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.
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