[Mageia-dev] Mageia 3 final set of isos

Wed Sep 19 17:49:54 CEST 2012

2012/9/19 Thorsten van Lil <tvl83 at gmx.de>:
+> Am 19.09.2012 16:53, schrieb Wolfgang Bornath:
+>>
+>> 2012/9/19 Romain d'Alverny<rdalverny at gmail.com>:
+>>>
+>>> 2012/9/19 Pascal Terjan<pterjan at gmail.com>:
+>>>>
+>>>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Antoine Pitrou<solipsis at pitrou.net>
+>>>> wrote:
+>>>>>
+>>>>> Is that necessary? Instead you could have a checkbox "install
+>>>>> optional proprietary software" in the installer.
+>>>>
+>>>>
+>>>> This allows for example magazines to distribute it
+>>>
+>>>
+>>> Are paper magazines still relevant here? (true question)
+>>
+>>
+>> Yes, they are an important distribution method. Additionally there
+>> will be reviews/articles accompanying the cover DVDs. Don't forget,
+>> this is cost free advertizing!
+>>
+>> My view:
+>>
+>>   - Free DVD (32/64) with a proper installer - distributing only live
+>> media is a bad habit of some distributors, let's make a difference
+>> there! As we have support of the idea of free software written in our
+>> values we should stick to that. In addition to that we could include
+>> non-free firmware in a part of the DVD, to be activated in the
+>> installer (opt-in).
+>>
+>>   - 4 life ISOs (Gnome&  KDE, 32&  64) for USB sticks (up to 1GB), they
+>> work for all kinds of machines, even such without optical drives. The
+>> additional space would be enough to include all langs.
+>>
+>>   - boot.iso, this is done anyway, so it's no extra work
+>>r
+> Looks very similar to my proposal, doesn't it? :)
+
+Yes, I took the proposal of the 4 life isos from your mail, but only
+to make my view complete. My main concern is the reasoning in favor of
+the Free DVD.
+
+-- 
+wobo
+