Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:59:41 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> Cc: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released Message-ID: <4ad871310906300859m74a6967vdbf74b984f8a316c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ade45ae90906300845q40e3d8d9uc6d994670db67ecb@mail.gmail.com> References: <4A4A2025.9020401@otenet.gr> <d356c5630906300819v40eb2464m49a9e46ae46a9b3d@mail.gmail.com> <ade45ae90906300845q40e3d8d9uc6d994670db67ecb@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Tim Judd<tajudd@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> It would be interesting to see how much demand exists for an >> installation DVD with KDE 3.5. =A0(KDE lost a large amount of voter >> share in Linux Journal's last Readers' Choice Awards.) >> [snip] > > When I run KDE, I run KDE4. =A0I'm not asking for someone to generate a > KDE3.5 or KDE4 install medium, but where is the line? > > If we make XFCE4, and Gnome2.26, why not Enlightenment, Blackbox, > KDE3.5, KDE4, etc etc etc? > > If I remember correctly, there already are two of these [1][2], soon to be followed by a third [3]. > > Earlier, I made hints at a webGUI install (the install medium would > boot into X, basic setup (VESA driver @1024x768, 24 [or 16bit] > depth)), run firefox or another lightweight browser (even lynx in the > console if X fails to start) on it's own filesystem or over apache. > Once network configuration is done, you can pull the data sets for > your choice of WM from the internet. > > > I think this has potential, and would offer making it (already started > on it), but I think my statements went on deaf ears when addressed to > the broad public. > > So I'll ask again if anyone else would be interested in this. =A0The > advantage is that on this webGUI install, you can offer it (secured of > course) over the internet for someone more technical to do the install > or configuring, including the same post-install configuration that > sysinstall offers. > I like the idea, but wouldn't you need console access to get the network configured? Unless I am misunderstanding your intention, it appears you are replacing ssh access with apacheXX (or lighttpd, etc). I like the idea, otherwise. [1] - http://pcbsd.org/ [2] - http://www.desktopbsd.net/ [3] - http://www.tomahawkcomputers.com/ --=20 Glen Barber
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