making the i386 livecd fit

[Valent Turkovic]

On Jan 29, 2008 8:24 PM, Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 28, 2008 7:07 PM, Matthias Clasen <mclasen at redhat.com> wrote:
> > In the past, any attempts to go to a subset of language have always met
> > with strong resistance.
>
> Here's the paradoxical reality of the situation.
>
> 1)The CD image is championed because DVD drives are not commonplace in
> some parts of the world yet (ie not US/Western Europe).
>
> plus
>
> 2)Holding all languages in the CD image makes it more difficult to
> include useful applcations for everybody.
>
> equals
>
> 3)The very people who need the CD image, are the people who also most
> likely need the additional language support.
>
>
> Here's is what I think we need to actual do.  We need to build a
> process by which different language groups are encouraged to build and
> host their own CD spins, instead of continuing to shove everything
> into one CD image.  How do we do this?  How do we provide the correct
> balance of infrastructure and services such that community members
> will step up and produce and consume the localized CD spins?  How much
> of the work can be automated with scripts which do nothing but pull
> one language group out and stick another one in so that localized
> versions of the same thing can be autogenerated?
>
> I don't have any answers to these questions, but I'm pretty sure these
> are the right questions to be asking instead of asking how do we fit
> multiple locales onto a single CD spin.
>
> -jef

I have some lame questions:
1. What kind of compression fedora uses? Any? None? I know that
Knoppix makes a big deal how they put a l lot more stuff on CD by
doing strong compression.

2. I know I'll get flame for this, but here it goes: make one spin
without selinux but include OOo and call it "General Destop". Rename
current spin without OOo and with selinux to "Secure desktop"

3. of removing selinux is out of question rename current spin to
"Basic Desktop spin" and create a "Full desktop spin" with Ooo and
much more other apps and make it a DVD spin, or maybe, maybe 2 CD
spin.

Hope this helps,
Valent.

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