<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-6" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Although it may seem like a good idea to provide "package disks" for ubuntu, I can see a number of problems: 1. As far as I am aware, the majority of users do have internet access, and therefore the time costs in producing a set of "package cds" would be very expensive considering the size of the target audience. 2. Debian does ship with package CDs, 8 of them... plus an additional 2 updates CDs. If this were to be done, the number of CDs to be distributed would be huge. 3. Packages update daily, I personally use Debian unstable most of the time, and packages are available for update on a daily basis. How would it be possible to keep the package CDs updated, without a massive cost in time? - - Andy me wrote: | 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 <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://llgp.org"><http://llgp.org></a>) | 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 | | -- | attack terror bomb fire blow airplane 2006-05-04 03:02:01 | explosion friend money credit card secret confidential | skyscraper death kill al quaeda cai police gun shoot osama | cia fbi dea mi5 nsc bka usss nsa kgb fsb g10 pope | | h: md5 hack sleep war destruction white house pentagon | blood trojan virus beheading unforgiven god islam iraq | busch kennedy massacre soccer counter countdown alien | ufo file | | please report other patterns that may lead to storage | in high security government databases. | | جديد الموقع - -- - --------------------------------------------------- ~ Andrew Millar (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:andy-mail@priorityonline.net">andy-mail@priorityonline.net</a>) GnuPG Key: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://new.sir-millar.com/0x227F976C.asc">http://new.sir-millar.com/0x227F976C.asc</a> - --------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDAuazptppFiJ/l2wRAnHxAKCFyu7jv+1qm7AfbHN++kAgyYE2AQCeOlt7 gSWg2S6Ef/vuQiqcogcv+A4= =JQz6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- </body> </html>