CD image size recovery suggestions

[Dan McGarry]

Øivind Hoel wrote:
> 
> I thought supplying language packs was a "special" Ubuntu feature,
> though I have to fetch the ones for my language manually after
> installation anyway. I don't know how feasible this is, but perhaps
> supplying a second "language" cd could be a future solution. This
> would probably increase shipit expenses, though.

Removing language packs would also reduce the desirability of the
software in some important regions, most notably southeast Asia. In
low-bandwidth parts of the world (i.e. most of it), having an all-in-one
CD like Ubuntu is, to coin a phrase, priceless.

As someone who works in a developing country with three official
languages, two of which are supported out of the box in Ubuntu, its
multilingual capabilities give me a real competitive advantage. (French
language Windows licenses are unavailable here, because of a silly
oversight on Microsoft's part.)

Creating region-specific CDs would address this issue, but at a fairly
significant administrative cost, and would run the same risk as
described parenthetically above if not done correctly.

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Dan McGarry	it.psl at fsp.org.vu

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