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A global group for developers, +</I>><i> > with a sub-group for packagers (RPM tools), another for C/C++, another +</I>><i> > for Perl, etc. +</I>><i> > Or for a potentially more common theme, a global group for education, +</I>><i> > with sub-groups for "pre-school/kindergarten", "elementary", +</I>><i> > "secondary", "post-secondary". +</I>><i> > And these various subgroups would almost necessarily have overlaps. +</I>><i> > The possibilities are only limited by our collective imaginations. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > The more I think of this, I see an advantage of allowing the DVD +</I>><i> > installer to access an external group file, (on a usb memory key for +</I>><i> > example), for more flexibility on installation. +</I>><i> > Especially useful to install the same software selection on a large +</I>><i> > number of computers -- without creating a custom installation DVD. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Think of the potential :) +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > - André (andre999) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Actually, Mandriva did do this, but on a smaller scale, when installing +</I>><i> the ISO you got the the choice of desktop KDE, GNOME or personalized +</I>><i> (<A HREF="http://wiki.mandriva.com/fr/Installer_Mandriva_Free#Choix_du_bureau">http://wiki.mandriva.com/fr/Installer_Mandriva_Free#Choix_du_bureau</A>). +</I>><i> In the personalized section, you could still choose (in my case) the KDE +</I>><i> but also any other "distro type" of pick that you wanted. It would make +</I>><i> sense to offer the choices here. For example "Gamer"; "Business"; +</I>><i> "Music"; "Video"; "Education" etc. The users could, at this point, +</I>><i> tailor the installation to one that would suit them best according to +</I>><i> their needs. All on one DVD! No need to have multiple type of DVD's. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> This would be simple enough. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Marc +</I>><i> +</I> +something like : <A HREF="http://www.juzt-innovations.ie/fedora-linux-backup/linux-">http://www.juzt-innovations.ie/fedora-linux-backup/linux-</A> +fedora-custom-install.jpg + +-- +Olivier Méjean +Président de l'Association des Utilisateurs Francophones de Mandriva Linux +<A HREF="http://mandrivafr.org">http://mandrivafr.org</A> +twitter : obagoom +identi.ca : goom +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000928.html">[Mageia-dev] Identifying Target Markets +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000979.html">[Mageia-dev] Identifying Target Markets +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#966">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#966">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#966">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#966">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |