2010/10/25 atilla ontas <[email protected]>: > > I don' t agree, sorry. Live CDs are not demo assets for most of the > people other than europe or america. Their relatively small size and > installation capability make them an installation media for limited > internet users. Most people do not want to install a DVD.
That's the same here. Most people like the "installable live cd" approach. Especially those with poor bandwidth which are not so few even in "industrially civilized countries" :) I did not say that "demo" was the only purpose of the live cd, but it is an important asset in the evaluation stage of the user. Giving a live CD to an interested Windows user is the best way to demonstrate the distribution. He boots the live system and should be able to view it in live mode in his language without searching for a cable connection. BTW: You know when is the best time to check such kind of cds? When travelling! But while travelling in a long distance train or plane you do not have internet access (well, not always). Or when sitting in a street café or on the dock of the bay, watching the tide roll in. Although such scenarios are different for many, the situations I described are often enough to be taken into account. We are far away from "internet everyhwere all the time", but at the same time we are using computers more and more while out of reach of a cable connection. So there has to be a localized view for the user without being tied to an internet connection. What is so hard in keeping the Mandriva approach (2 / 3 different cds with language groups)? If communicated sufficiently users will have no problem to chose the correct version for their language. Mandriva could have done that easily by adding a link to the "Download Mandriva Linux ONE" page which shows all 2 / 3 ONE with a listing of the supported languages. Why could we not do it? -- wobo
