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

[Kaj Ailomaa]

On Mon, May 19, 2014, at 01:54 PM, ttoine wrote:
> As little maintenance ? so try first using Unity before considering
> switching to another desktop.
> 

Using unity would mean we need to create a custom desktop seed file for
Unity, which would place us in the situation where we do need to do
maintenance for it. I would rather our seed file only pointed to an
existing DE, which was small in size. lxde is a strong candidate there -
one would just need to make sure it is functional enough for what we
want it to do.

If we start supporting multiple DEs, unity will always be installable
though.

> Otherwise, LXDE in its latest version is interesting.
> 
> I would keep the very basics if possible: Firefox, Ardour, Gimp and
> Inkscape, maybe a video editor like Pitivi. But I would drop Libre Office
> and other stuff like that.

The smaller ISO is not meant to be used as a live tool, so if we are to
put any applications on it other than a basic DE, a web browser and the
installer, we need to figure out why.
I would still like it if one could do a bit of troubleshooting with it.
And for that, it's good to have jack, and perhaps one application to go
with it. As for other areas, I wouldn't know what would be worth to
include for the sake of troubleshooting.