[Mageia-dev] Suggestion-Locales management for One (or Live) Cd releases

Mon Oct 25 15:17:35 CEST 2010

2010/10/25 atilla ontas <tarakbumba at gmail.com>:
+>
+> I don' t agree, sorry. Live CDs are not demo assets for most of the
+> people other than europe or america. Their relatively small size and
+> installation capability make them an installation media for limited
+> internet users. Most people do not want to install a DVD.
+
+That's the same here. Most people like the "installable live cd" approach.
+Especially those with poor bandwidth which are not so few even in
+"industrially civilized countries" :)
+
+I did not say that "demo" was the only purpose of the live cd, but it
+is an important asset in the evaluation stage of the user. Giving a
+live CD to an interested Windows user is the best way to demonstrate
+the distribution. He boots the live system and should be able to view
+it in live mode in his language without searching for a cable
+connection.
+BTW: You know when is the best time to check such kind of cds? When
+travelling! But while travelling in a long distance train or plane you
+do not have internet access (well, not always). Or when sitting in a
+street café or on the dock of the bay, watching the tide roll in.
+
+Although such scenarios are different for many, the situations I
+described are often enough to be taken into account. We are far away
+from "internet everyhwere all the time", but at the same time we are
+using computers more and more while out of reach of a cable
+connection. So there has to be a localized view for the user without
+being tied to an internet connection.
+
+What is so hard in keeping the Mandriva approach (2 / 3 different cds
+with language groups)? If communicated sufficiently users will have no
+problem to chose the correct version for their language. Mandriva
+could have done that easily by adding a link to the "Download Mandriva
+Linux ONE" page which shows all 2 / 3 ONE with a listing of the
+supported languages. Why could we not do it?
+
+-- 
+wobo
+