[gobolinux-users] GoboLinux 014 snapshot 20071122

Sun Nov 25 08:39:55 NZDT 2007

If you are ever going to look into other distribution methods, I would
suggest looking at flash drives. Have a 500~MB drive? Just put the
core package on it. Have a 2GB drive? Add all the packages you could
ever need on it. With flash drives you can scale how much you put on
them, and you can change it easily and infinitely.

The best solution in my view would be to have a program that would
keep track of packages you have stored on the pen drive, and let you
update only the ones that have changed. Just format the pen drive, put
the package manager on it (A version for windows and linux), and run
it and it would load everything you need to install onto the the pen
drive.

Kinda like the package manager, except for installation purposes. Not
only would this help people with bad or infrequent internet
connections, but would most likely reduce some bandwidth usage, as you
are not re-downloading stuff you already have. (or you could say that
if you know something will work, you set the manager to download
directly from the source site)

Just something to think about.

On Nov 24, 2007 7:58 AM, Fábio Mierlo <geromao at gmail.com> wrote:
> I must agree with all you, maybe for the 015 who do the things can
> first focus on a minimal iso with net install than the classic full iso
> release.
>
> Then the cd and dvd release are just version with more packages.
>
>
> On Nov 23, 2007 5:55 PM, Daniele Maccari <gobo.users at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I completely agree with you indeed. What I meant was that there could be
> > more than a versione of gobo: the cd, the net_install, the
> > AllYouCouldEverNeedIsHere and so on :D
> >
> > The problem is, as noted before, the lack of human resources to dedicate
> > to these "side" projects.
> >
> >
> > Nathan Middleton wrote:
> > > Personally I don't have a DVD burner, it'd be a shame to see Gobo
> > > start requiring one.  What's probably a better option is a focus on
> > > getting a network-enabled live cd that can then use the online package
> > > and compile database to update the installation.
> > >
> > > This is just my personal, unhumble and uninformed opinion :)  It's one
> > > of the features I love about doing netboot with Debian and SUSE
> > > though.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 11/23/07, gobo users <gobo.users at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> I think the focus is now on the 014 release. A DVD will mean more effort by
> > >> same people, then a (probably) worse release.
> > >> I like the idea anyway. It could be a good choice to put in all that
> > >> softwares/drivers which is indeed important (I'm thinking at wireless stuff,
> > >> for example), but couldn't fit in one CD, due to some reason.
> > >> There would obviously be the need to polish things such that all work
> > >> together almost flawlessy, but with a bugtracker team like we are, it's
> > >> going to be as easy as a pie :D
> > >>
> > >> 2007/11/23, Fábio Mierlo < geromao at gmail.com>:
> > >>
> > >>> So, why not release a dvd, after the release of 014, with lot of packages?
> > >>>
> > >>> On Nov 22, 2007 10:34 PM,  <hisham.hm at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> On 11/22/07, Daniele Maccari <gobo.users at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Hisham Muhammad wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> Hello everybody,
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> And here's another snapshot. Sorry about the long delay on this one;
> > >>>>>> it was caused by some nasty bugs and our general unavailability in
> > >>>>>>
> > >> the
> > >>
> > >>>>>> last few weeks. Still, the feedback we had during this period was
> > >>>>>>
> > >> very
> > >>
> > >>>>>> good and I feel we are converging towards the release.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>> Well done. Just a question: why not to include the I18n_it also? It's
> > >>>>> just a curiosity, nothing more, nothing less.
> > >>>>> I know there are not so many italians here (in fact two afaik), but it
> > >>>>> would be really appreciated, I think. Just my two pence, of course.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> The KDE language packs included are for the languages for which we
> > >>>> have translations in the live CD environment (the initial live CD
> > >>>> screens and the Installer), currently Brazilian Portuguese, German and
> > >>>> Hungarian.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >> http://cvs.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/tools/LiveCD/Data/Language/?root=goboscripts
> > >>
> > >> http://cvs.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/tools/Installer/Shared/Installer/Language/?root=goboscripts
> > >>
> > >>>> Contributions are always welcome. However, the KDE translation files
> > >>>> are taking considerable space in the Live CD (the German pack is
> > >>>> ~21MB)... we did set a precedent when we included KDE-I18N-pt_BR in
> > >>>> 010 (which was released in a Brazilian magazine), but to keep on
> > >>>> adding them would fill up the Live CD.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> One thought I have in mind is to master instead different versions of
> > >>>> the Live CD for those supported languages. We could then add some
> > >>>> extra goodies like the localized versions of OpenOffice, Firefox and
> > >>>> spellchecker dictionaries. But this is extra work and we're already
> > >>>> short on resources. Whether we could pull it off for 014 or not
> > >>>> probably depends on the availability of volunteers to pack and test
> > >>>> these language-specific packages. But it's something to think about,
> > >>>> so I thought I'd share the idea.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> -- Hisham
> > >>>>
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