[ubuntu-studio-devel] Feature Spec Discussion: Introduce New Netinstall ISO

[Jimmy Sjölund]

On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Kaj Ailomaa <zequence at mousike.me> wrote:

> I would like us to introduce a new netinstall type of ISO, small enough
> to fit on a CD, and useful when you don't want to install the whole
> suite of packages that come with Ubuntu Studio.
>
> I'm thinking a stripped down version of our current ISO. Keep the core
> stuff, like jack, so the installer can be used for simple testing too,
> but otherwise nothing.
> We will need a super light DE setup for this. I do prefer to have a DE,
> with a web browser and easy graphical means of setting up wifi, and
> such. Also, with the ubiquity installer. As little maintenance as
> possible should be the goal of course.
>
> Any Ideas?
>
> I think it's great idea and have been toying with it lately as well. I
ended up using the Ubuntu Studio ISO and then uncheck all packages but the
ones I really want. After that I installed dwm as WM and dwb as a browser.
I like it, but perhaps a bit too complicated for the average user with dwm
and dwb. I'm running it on a usb-stick in an old eee-pc and it's working
great. Though setting up wifi I kind of cheated as I kept Xfce and logged
in there to set it up, after that it carries over to when I log in to dwm.

I have been wanting to do like a mini-iso and even looking into using
terminal audio tools, but that's also stretching it a bit far.

When comparing size, resource usage and ease of use I think we are already
on the right track with Xfce. My own small investigations have not come up
with a better solution which is also easy to set up wifi and so on. The
difference between Xfce and Lxde have been to minor to make any difference
IMHO.

/Jimmy
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