On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 16:59 +0100, Catalin Florin RUSSEN wrote: > Yeah, why not. One swiss knife distro: 1 DVD that allows you to install via > the > meta-tasks the config you like (Desktop, Laptop, Netbook, Gaming, Server...). > Great, I like this ideea. > > Best regards, > Florin
Count my little group in on this approach too. George > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Wolfgang Bornath <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]; Mageia general discussions > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, 20 October, 2010 17:22:25 > Subject: Re: [Mageia-discuss] Suggestions > > 1. At Mandriva we already had different ISOs for 32- and 64-bit, which > we should do as well. So this question about the arch during > installation is obsolete. > > 2. A difference between desktop/laptop/mobile should be on "task" > level like the meta-task scripts we had at Mandriva. I don't think > there should be a real special distribution for any purpose. There are > special Mandriva editions für netbooks (meego), for machines with > poor ressources (LXDE Edition), etc. Such special editions used to be > created by groups inside the community, we can do it likewise. > > So, my vote goes to the "one Mageia edition" solution with room for > any other special enhancements to be created by community groups like > the XFCE group, the LXDE group (MUD), the Meego group, etc. At least > for the start. If we have the ressources and if there is a demand for > such special editions we can see to that later after the main > distribution is rolling. > > BTW: "Mobile Linux" for mobile phones is Android and I don't think > anyone could beat that on the market. We should not bother with that. > > > >
