On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 21:33 -0600, Rajko M. wrote: > On Thursday 18 January 2007 02:39, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > > I heard from several sides that the base system of openSUSE 10.2 is a > > bit large - and agree and would like to discuss with you what we can > > do. > ... > > I would set target to a basic system that can run and add more packages in a > first instance from CD. > > Good example, what should be the goal of minmal system, can be a DSL > distribution. > > Similar based on SUSE can be base for further installation if one wants more. > As such base would be only about 50-100 MB pieces can be replaced very fast > with bigger brother that has compiled in more functionality. This should be > the same as Lars Rupp's idea of repackaging. > > This would add some minimalistic tailored packages to the distribution, that > can give us a usefull working and expandable (graphic) environment. Than if > user needs more he can add software with full functionality that will pull in > regular dependencies. That will grow system very fast, but that can be > addressed later. > > Advantage of this is that users will have small system and chance to bloat > their system in direction they really have interest in, and not to be forced > to use predefined set that is targeted to all possible usage profiles and > demands almost 500 MB for text mode alone. > > This combined with ability to store selection of software in user defined > pattern (that feature is still not back in YaST) and publish it in some > common place where others can access them. That will be some kind of voting > machine, where the number of downloads will tell what is really in use and > give developers idea what has to be improved. > > To prevent idea that such mini installation is real SUSE it can be used > MiniSUSE name instead. Hmm, have I seen that name somewhere? >
Hey guys, isn't this whole discussion thread just a rehashing of the 1 cd intall with slick? I have said many times that I wished I could get to a gui desktop with the first CD and add what I wanted after that. It would be particularly nice on all my machines that still run a PIII with 10 gig or smaller drive, and yes, I still have a stack of pc's with 4 gig drives and pII's too. I have already played with the different versions of this idea i.e. super, slick and 1 cd and they all do things I like. I have had hopes that OpenSUSE would release a "1 cd install" version that was close enough to SLED desktop in appearance to use it on my PII's\ PIII's and build an application server to host extra's. In a school network I have to image and repair machines during "production" hours and I can't see any reason to load the whole distro when I could just deliver application shortcuts to a stripped down version twice as fast, much like I do now with W2k. I know this will go over like a "Lead Balloon" but a Novell Gnome based 1 cd install would be a huge thing for me and I'm sure the state of Indiana as well. Could this system include something like "sysprep" ? since Novell wants system registration for patch subscriptions and machine names for SMB compatibilty and I am sure lot's of people are looking for an easy imaging solution, this would be real nice! jasujt\fxrsliberty\JT --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
