Abolish flavours

[Marc]

I happen to disagree that this theory would both have to stop using 
LiveCDs or require multiple Desktops.  My thought process is that users 
would log onto the ubuntu site, customize the distro that they want, 
the download and burn the ISO.  This way, users not only have the ISO that 
they personally want, but would also have a LiveCD customized the way they 
want rather than be restricted to what we choose (we can still offer 
"default" versions for beginners).

But, rather than call them "flavors" or different distributions, the 
"default" version of Ubuntu would be categorized by the Desktop, with all 
the same documentation available.  Essentially, I don't think we should be 
splintered.  Personally, I think that's what is wrong with Linux as a 
whole, but that's a whole other story and a rant not suitable for this 
discussion.

I would love to take it to a convention, but I do not have the time or 
money to attend.  However I am developing a proposal that I plan on 
posting it on "the planet" blog feed once I'm done.

Yes, I do think this a radical change and definitely not something for the 
Docs Team, but with all this talk about the different docs for different 
flavors, I thought it was a good opportunity to bring it up and just 
throw it out there.

Marc K.

On Fri, 10 Apr 2009, Dougie Richardson wrote:

> This wont happen. Wha you're proposing would require us to either stop
> using a LiveCD or to put KDE/XFCE and Ubuntu on one disc - this would
> take it over one CD in size, something which Mark Shuttleworth
> stipulated as a requirement for the OS.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dougie Richardson
> http://www.lynxworks.eu/
> dougierichardson at ubuntu.com
>