Forwarding my response to Ubuntu devel list as I see my response going as blank on the list.
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Bhavani Shankar R <bh...@ubuntu.com> Date: Fri, Feb 24, 2023, 08:32 Subject: Re: Possibility of accepting a network-based installer of Ubuntu as an official flavor? To: Aaron Rainbolt <arraybo...@ubuntu.com> On Fri, Feb 24, 2023, 08:19 Bhavani Shankar R <bh...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2023, 04:54 Aaron Rainbolt <arraybo...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > >> Note, I'm asking this *very* early. I don't have the project I have in >> mind even started yet. I'm not even sure what I want to name this >> project. This is more of a "testing the waters" to see if this kind of >> thing is even a possibility before getting started. >> >> I've seen more than one person annoyed by the fact that the mini.iso >> netinstaller is no more. It was never officially supported anyway, but >> apparently people got use out of it, so it seems like something that >> would be handy if it still existed. I'm sure we're not going to start >> producing it again, so I got the idea of making something that could act >> somewhat similar to it. I asked people about this idea on Mastodon and >> the response seemed fairly positive. >> >> My idea is to either write my own installer or use a customized version >> of the existing Debian installer, and package it into a "flavor" of its >> own, which would be capable of installing any supported version of any >> official flavor of Ubuntu. The "flavor" would be able to be held in a >> very small ISO file (preferably CD sized), and it would download and >> install all of the packages that make up the Ubuntu system at runtime. >> This would allow a user to install Ubuntu or any desired flavor thereof >> using a single installation medium, rather than having to flash an ISO >> every time they want to make a drive install a different flavor. The new >> installation would be entirely up-to-date from the get-go, and it would >> enable the use of existing small storage media for those users who don't >> have sufficiently sized optical discs or flash drives. >> >> I would eventually aim to make this into an official flavor of Ubuntu, >> however it would differ from all existing flavors in several significant >> ways: >> >> * It would be the first flavor that could not be installed onto a target >> system by itself. >> * It would be the first flavor that could install other flavors onto a >> target system by design. >> * It would be the first flavor that could install versions of Ubuntu >> other than the one it is based on. >> * It would have a different installer than any existing flavor of Ubuntu >> most likely, and would not be able to make use of existing official >> installers in any meaningful way without large changes to one of them. >> >> Because of these differences, I'm not sure if such a project could ever >> become an official flavor, and I may end up simply maintaining it as an >> unofficial installer by myself should I end up doing it. >> >> Is this kind of project a possible candidate for becoming an official >> Ubuntu Flavor, or is this enough info to declare it as not a possible >> candidate? >> > Somehow my reply went blank last time.. So it's like ubuntu-minimal package isn't it? https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/minimal/releases/kinetic/release-20221022/ Right now it's available for cloud but debian already has one https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ So, if this is for flavours with only the bare essential main repo pulled in with optional network support.. it's a +1 from a Lubuntu user here! As it helps in reviving old systems and reach out to people with low bandwidth.. Just my 2 cents here. Regards Bhavi
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