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Quite to the opposite as I learned from a conversation +</I>>>><i> with a chief editor earlier this year. Cover media are very popular +</I>>>><i> because they cater to the needs of people with slow net access. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Yes, I suspect that this need will be very variable, geographically. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Says a resident in the UK with superfast internet for everybody. :) +</I>><i> +</I> +While I don't buy magazines as *I* can download any of the iso easily +at uni, if I am away and wanted the disks then it would be something +that would greatly appeal to me. +The statement that the uk has superfast internet for all isn't +accurate, at the present the uk still contains Scotland. + +>><i> Something apparently for nothing is always attractive to many, but the +</I>>><i> eco lobby is becoming increasingly important. I'm not advocating +</I>>><i> dropping the media disks for now, just being aware that the situation +</I>>><i> needs to be watched for the future. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Well, for computer magazines it's not "for nothing". The popular +</I>><i> magazines are coming in 2 flavors, one with cover media, the other +</I>><i> without. Guess which is cheaper. +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> Irrelevant to this discussion, but I feel increasingly guilty about +</I>>><i> disposing of frequent "bumper *buntu distro" disks. Since I subscribe +</I>>><i> the several magazines they have been coming in threes. That's a lot +</I>>><i> of disks in a year. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> That is the reason I stopped subscribing years ago. I only buy a +</I>><i> magazine if I am interested in an article or I want the cover media. +</I>><i> So I don't feel guilty. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Anyhow, I don't think that this part of the discussion even has an +</I>><i> impact on cover media. As long as we have a live DVD or CD (with +</I>><i> German language) the German magazines will get what they need (this +</I>><i> goes for all other countries as well). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> -- +</I>><i> wobo +</I> +Shipping a pure free flavour is appealing, however, I feel that it +doesn't warrent a disk by itself, perhaps an option to not install non +free software on the dvd. + +The number of live cds does need to be minimized, I also agree with +the proposal to have 4, 2 Gnome, 2 for KDE. The other environments +could surely be done by the *community* and therefore be onofficial +and not require the full qa. +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="018797.html">[Mageia-dev] Mageia 3 final set of isos +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="018800.html">[Mageia-dev] Mageia 3 final set of isos +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#18799">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#18799">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#18799">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#18799">[ 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> |