rewording Feisty Desktop CD download pages

Jordan Mantha mantha at ubuntu.com
Fri May 25 22:31:47 UTC 2007


Hi all,

I think most of you are aware that there is a problem in the Feisty
Desktop CD in that when a user installs Edubuntu from the Desktop CD the
educational apps don't get installed. This is do to edubuntu-desktop no
longer depending on this apps since we are using 2 CDs. This has caused
quit a bit of confusing in #edubuntu as well as on Launchpad [0]. Oliver
has indicated that we will be unable to fix this for Feisty.

So, what I'm suggesting is we make the instructions on the download
pages [1-2] to clearly describe the situation and give a better
recommendation to users. We currently have:

Desktop CD -  The Edubuntu Desktop CD allows you to try Edubuntu without
changing your computer, and an option to install it permanently later.
This type of CD is what most people will want to use.

Classroom Server CD - The Edubuntu Classroom Server CD allows you to
install Edubuntu permanently on a computer as either a Server or
Workstation. It includes LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project) support,
providing out-of-the-box thin client support.

Classroom Server Add-on CD - Owing to the amount of great software
included in Edubuntu, the distribution doesn't all fit on one CD. We've
therefore created a separate Add-on CD, which makes the best out of your
Edubuntu by offering additional educational software and further
installable languages. It is easy to install the software from there
once either a server or workstation has been installed.

I'm suggesting we change the Desktop CD wording to something more like:

Desktop CD - The Edubuntu Desktop CD allows you to try Edubuntu without
changing your computer, and an option to install it permanently later.
If you install Edubuntu using the Desktop CD you will find the
educational software by using the Classroom Server Add-on CD below. The
Desktop CD is often used for demonstrations of Edubuntu's great software.

Classroom Server CD - The Edubuntu Classroom Server CD allows you to
install Edubuntu permanently on a computer as either a Server or
Workstation. It includes LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project) support,
providing out-of-the-box thin client support. This is the recommended CD
for installation of Edubuntu.

Classroom Server Add-on CD - Owing to the amount of great software
included in Edubuntu, the distribution doesn't all fit on one CD. We've
therefore created a separate Add-on CD, which makes the best out of your
Edubuntu by offering additional educational software and further
installable languages. It is easy to install the software from there
once either a server or workstation has been installed. It also works
with installation from the Destkop CD.

Thoughts?

-Jordan

[0] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/113719
[1] http://releases.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/feisty/
[2] http://www.edubuntu.org/Download




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