Ubuntu & one CD Distributions

[James T. Carver]

On Saturday 21 May 2005 03:01 am, fedora-list-request at redhat.com wrote:
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> Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 12:00:53 +0530
> From: Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: OT: What's the deal with Ubuntu?
> To: bedouglas at earthlink.net,    For users of Fedora Core releases
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> Cc: 'THUFIR HAWAT' <hawat.thufir at gmail.com>
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> bruce wrote:
> >you know...
> >
> >browing this thread has got me intrigued... the idea of a
> > basic/solid/secure distribution of core apps for a given app/service
> > would probably be useful. particularly given how cheap hardware is now.
> >
> >but would there be a revenue stream for this, or would it just add to the
> >overall karma.
> >
> >i could easily imagine core systems for the following:
> >
> > -webserver
> > -ftpserver
> > -project management server
> > -instant messaging server
> > -collaboration server
> > -firewall/router
> > -email/spam engine
> > -backup/redundant server
> > -ldap server
> > -etc..
>
> There is more than one of us with the same idea
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-maintainers/2005-March/msg00029.html
>
> regards
> Rahul

With CD's being so cheap, why not stick with the whole distribution on 4 CD's. 
I find that I really need packages from both the "core" and the extra 
packages no matter how I am setting up a machine. Saves a lot of time if I 
have the packages right here in front of me rather than having to search and 
download what I need.  Sure, for some it might be handy to have the OS on one 
CD, but some like Gnome, some like KDE, some like doing thins the old 
fashioned by and do everything from a text console. just distribute it on 4 
CD's and let everyone just pick and choose what they want to install. I 
compile my own desktops, both Gnome and KDE, just to keep up with bug fixes 
and such, so having all those libraries and development stuff is really handy 
rather than spending half the day searching for this and that. IMHO just put 
everything out there, even if it is 6 or 8 CD's so we have what we need.

James Carver
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