[Frugalware-devel] todo for 0.9

[Gabriel C]

sebastien mazzucco wrote:
> why not both ?just a little suggestion = what about an half live cd -net
> install if it possible,
> i mean a live cd with a minimal light x well configured like icewm or
> fluxbox  ( because both are very hard to configure for neewbs) with all fw
> tools (gnetconfig, gfpm....) and desktop multimedia (mp3,codec)
> 
> so you start the live cd with this default desktop , and you launch the
> graphik installer and at this point u choose
> -install this default desktop ( very cool for low pc /newbies)
> -install directly from the repo one of the desktop, gnome, kde, xfce or
> - nox just for severs base install
> 
> could be a nice feature, never seen that sort of install on any a distro,
> when you are using a livecd install cd , you can only install the desktop
> you launch( see ubuntu, xubuntu,kubuntu,slowbuntu;)
> 

Please don't top post. Also please send the email to the list and not to me.

That is already supported you can boot livecd in netinstall modus
and no that's not a option , we are not talking about weird netinstalls.

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> 2008/3/17, Gabriel C <crazy at frugalware.org>:
>> janny wrote:
>>> Ezzel a dátummal: Sunday 16 March 2008 22.20.27 Miklos Vajna ezt írta:
>>>>> IIRC I had a repo somewhere of a graphical live installer I started
>>>>> writing, but I don't think it actually did anything. Anyway, *IMHO* a
>>>>> live installer is better because then you can try it and install it if
>>>>> you like it without needing to download 2 ISOs (Live and Install)
>>>> yes, both has advantages. the advantage of a non-live gui install is
>>>> that you don't have to wait a lot till the installer starts. i haven't
>>>> benchmarked it but the normal setup is below 30 secs i think while
>>>> fwlive is probably a few _minutes_. (ie if you are _forced_ to load a
>>>> full kde just because of an install can be annoying.)
>>> it is necessary to keep the original install of this
>>> new fwlive graphical install only one options
>>> your this selection
>>>
>>
>> I'm not sure what do you mean janny =) but in general you don't
>> need to load KDE nor are you forced to install the live image :)
>>
>> All we are forced to do is to have an *default* install.
>>
>> Example :
>>
>> Do a live CD with say ede ( or some such foo mini DE ) stripped , with
>> only
>> what one would need to start it ( eg: minimal X , network things , minimal
>> libs to run that etc )
>>
>> Your LiveCD is <200MB in this case. For the rest ( 500MB++ ) you could
>> have in theory the FPM's
>> for the default install.
>>
>> Anyway I'm not sure I'm really an fan of this but is possible :)
>>
>> crazy
>>
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