Alternate images

[Brian Smith]

Hey Team,

I agree that an xubuntu-core meta-package would be a great addition.  
However if the Alternate images are droped, I think that not having the 
ability to use RAID in xubuntu would be an embarrassment. RAID is too 
broadly used.

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Thanks,
Brian

On 08/27/2012 09:15 PM, Pasi Lallinaho wrote:
> Hello Xubuntu developers,
>
> Based on the original mail [1] by Steve Langasek, we have discussed
> dropping/keeping alternate ISOs today. Pros and cons for dropping are
> listed below, please reply if you have other things in mind.
>
> PROS
>   - Less testing
>   - Less fixing broken alternate ISO (since Ubuntu will drop alternate,
> it will probably break as often or more often than now)
>   - Optimal time to drop! (release after LTS, people who want alternate
> can always use 12.04 until April 2014 and then upgrade...)
>
> CONS
>   - No RAID for 12.10 with desktop (but LVM/cryptsetup should work in
> Quantal desktop ISOs)
>   - If graphical installer doesn't work, you have to use minimal [2] or
> other options (like netboot) [3]
>   - No LTSP
>   - Can't install with desktop with less memory (see: notice about SD)
>
> Other things worth mentioning are:
>   - Our Strategy Document doesn't imply we are targetting old computers
>   - We need to write a tutorial for using minimal (+apt-offline)
>   - We can create xubuntu-core (ala lubuntu-core) for less downloading stuff
>
> Cheers,
> Pasi
>
> [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2012-August/035675.html
> [2] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD
> [3] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation
>