From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 166 invoked by uid 1002); 20 Aug 2003 14:09:27 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 14218 invoked from network); 20 Aug 2003 14:09:27 -0000 From: Luke-Jr Organization: Gentoo Linux To: Kurt Lieber Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 14:09:12 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org References: <20030818194238.GR1161@mail.lieber.org> <200308200112.09533.luke-jr@gentoo.org> <20030820124348.GN1161@mail.lieber.org> In-Reply-To: <20030820124348.GN1161@mail.lieber.org> GPG-Public-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD53E9583 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="shift_jis" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: clearsigned data Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200308201409.25202.luke-jr@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] install CD bloat X-Archives-Salt: 55d41b0a-60a5-4a06-a395-d4edda587480 X-Archives-Hash: 1079b5e4509fed42dc785604ec7ba428 =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 AFAIK, there are no 1.4 KDE/GNOME LiveCDs (with the stages for an arch &=20 GRPs). Sure, most people could download the stage, but most people using su= ch=20 a LiveCD would be more likely to want to use GRPs which are currently only= =20 available on the non-KDE/GNOME LiveCDs. Perhaps if GRPs and the other=20 LiveCD-only data were available another way... Just an idea, but could it be possible that we could just distribute just 2= =20 LiveCDs (basic, KDE/GNOME) and have a script which allows people to insert= =20 other files into them automaticly (such as stages and GRPs)? In addition to= =20 making many more LiveCD combinations possible, such a method could also sav= e=20 mirror space. Those using an OS incapable of running the script could alway= s=20 use the plain LiveCD and download those files onto the new system. On Wednesday 20 August 2003 12:43 pm, Kurt Lieber wrote: > On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 01:10:30AM +0000 or thereabouts, Luke-Jr wrote: > > Graphical browsers are much more preferable to things like lynx (which > > doesn't even handle tables properly, IIRC). Is 4.4 MB really too much f= or > > a nice graphical browser? The docs could probably even get away with > > saying to use the Setup->Network options menu item if a proxy is needed. > > As Chris pointed out, yes -- it is too much. We have a full-featured, > knoppix-like LiveCD that folks who want additional functionality may use. > What we don't have (or, more accurately, no longer have) is a truly "basi= c" > LiveCD that offers only the tools necessary to complete an install. > > --kurt =2D --=20 Luke-Jr Developer, Gentoo Linux http://www.gentoo.org/ =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Q4EQZl/BHdU+lYMRAs4NAJ9P/MdxS0QaH0GrJX3BzVKywQq6CwCfeVVc 3pEhw3r3ie85dISF0bR28E8=3D =3DijiY =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list