2012/9/19 Thorsten van Lil <[email protected]>: > Am 19.09.2012 16:53, schrieb Wolfgang Bornath: >> >> 2012/9/19 Romain d'Alverny<[email protected]>: >>> >>> 2012/9/19 Pascal Terjan<[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Antoine Pitrou<[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Is that necessary? Instead you could have a checkbox "install >>>>> optional proprietary software" in the installer. >>>> >>>> >>>> This allows for example magazines to distribute it >>> >>> >>> Are paper magazines still relevant here? (true question) >> >> >> Yes, they are an important distribution method. Additionally there >> will be reviews/articles accompanying the cover DVDs. Don't forget, >> this is cost free advertizing! >> >> My view: >> >> - Free DVD (32/64) with a proper installer - distributing only live >> media is a bad habit of some distributors, let's make a difference >> there! As we have support of the idea of free software written in our >> values we should stick to that. In addition to that we could include >> non-free firmware in a part of the DVD, to be activated in the >> installer (opt-in). >> >> - 4 life ISOs (Gnome& KDE, 32& 64) for USB sticks (up to 1GB), they >> work for all kinds of machines, even such without optical drives. The >> additional space would be enough to include all langs. >> >> - boot.iso, this is done anyway, so it's no extra work >>r > Looks very similar to my proposal, doesn't it? :)
Yes, I took the proposal of the 4 life isos from your mail, but only to make my view complete. My main concern is the reasoning in favor of the Free DVD. -- wobo
