[TEAM] ISO target size

[Micah Gersten]

On February 12, 2015 11:52:06 AM CST, "Simon Steinbeiß" <simon at xfce.org> wrote:
>Hey everyone,
>
>first of all, thanks for all the constructive comments and discussion.
>
>> > I would suggest a one click install or something similar for
>LibreOffice amd stick with 1GB.
>> 
>> This has been suggested before with LibreOffice and other software.
>What
>> does the rest of the team feel about this generally (without having
>to
>> +1 or -1)?
>
>This could be an alternative to shipping LO or other software directly.
>I guess the scenario that comes to mind where that doesn't work is when
>you don't have internet connectivity where you want to install Xubuntu.
>So imagine downloading the ISO, installing it on a USB drive and then
>going from place to place to install it there. For this particular
>scenario something like a custom ISO would be better anyway, since more
>than just LO might be wanted/needed (slightly dusty:
>https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization).
>
>@Micah: Technically, how would you make a one-click install work?
>Should we place a launcher on the desktop or in the menu in the office
>category that says "Click to install LibreOffice"?

I believe the Ubuntu Studio team has done this with subsets of software for a while now.  If I recall correctly, it should be just as simple as you mentioned. 

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Thanks,
Micah
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