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Date:      Mon, 25 Feb 2002 14:49:28 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Alain LIEFOOGHE <alain.liefooghe@free.fr>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: iso images
Message-ID:  <20020225144928.A61003@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <3C7A72D8.3040706@free.fr>; from alain.liefooghe@free.fr on Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 06:22:32PM %2B0100
References:  <3C7A72D8.3040706@free.fr>

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On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 06:22:32PM +0100, Alain LIEFOOGHE wrote:
> excuse me for my english, but i have a question for the people who=20
> decide what quind of packages are included in the install iso. Why dont=
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> they make an install iso with the packages needed for a nearly complete=
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> workstation (full KDE, mozilla, printing and office) ? I think it will=20
> be good for freebsd and much more people install it on their computer=20
> for internet and the base of the office working.

Because they don't all fit on the install CD.  We've selected a set of
commonly used ports (which does include, by the way, kde and gnome)
which go on the install iso, but the entire package collection takes
up 3 CDs and is getting larger by the hour, so there's no way we can
accomodate everyone.

Kris

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