On Sunday 07 January 2007 06:47, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
Two things here:
- Is there going to be further effort towards a minimalistic install
as official release option? I seem to here/see people asking for a 1-2 CD media install option (as in they can safely download only the first two cd isos and get a Fedora install up)
Yes, one, two CDs are the size mark for these spins. Without X we could get really small with the Server spin, but we'll see where we go.
- The Desktop Environment catch 22 seems to be continuing: KDE gets
less love since the measurable KDE using community is small, while the measurable KDE community is small since those who heavily use KDE go elsewhere to get their KDE fix (Kubuntu, SuSe). And with the recent bad press, there may be a few who would like another distro to use KDE on.
So how does 'Fedora KDE' vs 'Fedora Desktop' differ from 'Ubuntu' vs 'Kubuntu' ? We don't even force a different project name.
Might also mention (for no particular reason) that I actually like the fact that the system-config tools are in Gtk and look different from my desktop (Qt) application
- Make LiveCDs as a part of the distribution release process
Any insight if these LiveCDs will be an adequate replacement for a Knoppix CD?
We hope so. We'd like it to be even better than the Ubuntu live CD.