offline

[me]

hi,

i am not a ubuntu user but i am interrested in the positive development of 
this distribution. your system is suitable for end users that like to switch 
to linux. my preference is too complicated but i am capable to design it so 
i can use gentoo.
my bro - a new ubuntuuser isnt - not able to use the console as i do, so he 
got a ubuntu to install and that worked (he told me about using the mouse in 
a x :)
yesterday he liked to watch a moviedvd - a task that i perform seldom, 
because it is not as easy as in windows.
i realized that even with the installdvd there where no packages that could 
manage this, he got no net so watching dvd got a strange session copying 
software from a knoppix cd... (did not work as expected...)

anyway, what id like to propose to you is that you need package media disks.
offline users or low bandwidth users cannot download hundred of megabytes of 
additional software, but they often have cdrom drives.
of course there are too many packages available to suit all users but these 
packages can be ordered:
(example, discuss that!)
development:
compiler, kdevelop, eclipse, librarys, csv, documentation
office:
ooffice, koffice, browser, money, instant messaging
mmedia:
player, ripper, (audio|video)editors, imageviewers, example media
network:
analyzers, generators, webserver, browser, instant messaging
games:
games (llgp.org <http://llgp.org>)
a mounted disc should be available as installable in the packagelist.

this would prevent these new users from leaving linux from disapointment of 
missing packages.
a user cannot get to a internetcafe for every dependency a package has!

i hope that i can deliver two or more cds to my switching clients with the 
next releases.

thanks for your time
m

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