On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 1:27 AM, Ryan Prior <[email protected]> wrote: > Instead of a whole new "distro", how about an add-on CD that includes > popular games, Wine, custom themes, etc? Sort of a "gamer essentials > pack" produced by Ubuntu-gaming, targeted at Ubuntu users? That > solution gives us something we can promote to people already using > Ubuntu. Then, for new users, we could promote an "Ubuntu + Game Pack" > DVD already tricked out using our add-ons.
Edubuntu is designed this way. Those of you following the Ubuntu Planet may have noticed that Edubuntu's adrift at the moment. It was originally a LTSP project, and popular for it, but once LTSP was adopted into Ubuntu itself, they lost a lot of followership. Ubuntu Gaming should be prepared for this sort of thing to happen as well. There's also the matter of bandwidth. Package management already provides a large repository of games for download. Stick these all on a DVD effectively bundles the packages you want with those you don't want, forcing people to waste bandwidth in the end. Wouldn't it make more sense to demonstrate the power of apt-get and package management by showing gamers how to grab Warsow from the repo have it keep up to date automatically? Justin Dugger _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gaming Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gaming More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
