[ec2-beta] some feedback on the i386 image

[Soren Hansen]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 01:24:42AM -0800, Eric Hammond wrote:
>> Surely the command to "setup an ec2 instance" would be run from the
>> users Ubuntu workstation, and that could ssh in to the instance and
>> set the password
> It's not quite that simple with EC2.  A good percentage of the people
> running Ubuntu on EC2 are using Windows, Macs, and other non-Ubuntu
> operating systems on their desktops.
>
> Also, since AWS is implemented entirely as a set of web APIs, there
> are many different ways to run instances on EC2.  Requiring users of
> the Ubuntu AMIs to use a particular toolset would not be the best way
> to get widespread usage.

Sure, we'd need to take this all into account.  We could easily provide
a slicker experience if you're using Ubuntu on your workstation without
interfering with the experience you'd otherwise get. Obviously, if
there's a solution that fixes a problem for everyone, that's to be
preferred, but I don't think we should reject ideas that might only if
you're using Ubuntu on your workstation.

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Soren Hansen               | 
Virtualisation specialist  | Ubuntu Server Team
Canonical Ltd.             | http://www.ubuntu.com/
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