From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 25 14:48:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B941A37B404 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 14:48:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.194.207] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16fTvG-0005Dh-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 22:48:42 +0000 Received: from angel.raggedclown.net (angel.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.7]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [buffy]) with ESMTP id 8A29813040 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 23:48:41 +0100 (CET) Received: by angel.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [angel], from userid 1005) id 4711922593; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 23:48:41 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 23:48:41 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: iso images Message-ID: <20020225224841.GB12531@raggedclown.net> References: <3C7A72D8.3040706@free.fr> <3C7AB764.6000009@owt.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3C7AB764.6000009@owt.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 02:15:00PM -0800, Kent Stewart wrote: > > > Alain LIEFOOGHE wrote: > > >excuse me for my english, but i have a question for the people who > >decide what quind of packages are included in the install iso. Why dont > >they make an install iso with the packages needed for a nearly complete > >workstation (full KDE, mozilla, printing and office) ? I think it will > >be good for freebsd and much more people install it on their computer > >for internet and the base of the office working. > > thank you, by. > > > I was following the thread on what was added to cdrom #1 and your > questions was foremost in their minds. What it really came down to, in > my mind, was that a (1) cdrom wasn't sufficient. You needed a DVD and > that was not a solution. For example, you and I like KDE but there are > people out there that would not touch KDE if they were paid to use it > and you can not add them all on a single cdrom. > > You also have to face that fact that a release is not the final > solution. It is a starting point. The system has security patches. The > ports have security fixes and they are continuously being updated. Any > cdrom that you purchase is a starting point and not a destination. > > While I agree with much of this, I still think it is an interesting idea that someone may want to make a project out of. After all all the tools to do such a thing are available. It just needs someone with the motivation to try and build such a thing. It would not be seen as any kind of replacement, but as an additional demonstration that FreeBSD is capable of being used to complete a complete working environment. The updating part may create some tricky issues..but probably not insurmountable ones. (p.s. I am not volunteering :) -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message