From 1be510f9529cb082f802408b472a77d074b394c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:46:12 +0000 Subject: Add zarb MLs html archives --- zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20101023/002558.html | 138 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 138 insertions(+) create mode 100644 zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20101023/002558.html (limited to 'zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20101023/002558.html') diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20101023/002558.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20101023/002558.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f69ce907b --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20101023/002558.html @@ -0,0 +1,138 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-discuss] Suggestions + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Suggestions&In-Reply-To=%3Ci9u9if%24eff%241%40dough.gmane.org%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="002556.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="002559.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-discuss] Suggestions</H1> + <B>Marc Paré</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Suggestions&In-Reply-To=%3Ci9u9if%24eff%241%40dough.gmane.org%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] Suggestions">marc at marcpare.com + </A><BR> + <I>Sat Oct 23 11:23:24 CEST 2010</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002556.html">[Mageia-discuss] Suggestions +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002559.html">[Mageia-discuss] Suggestions +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2558">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2558">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2558">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2558">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>Le 2010-10-23 01:16, Ahmad Samir a écrit : +><i> On 22 October 2010 22:57, Juergen Harms<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">Juergen.Harms at unige.ch</A>> wrote: +</I>>><i> There is a secondary issue tied to the questions discussed in this thread: +</I>>><i> is it good strategy to do all package selection quite early during system +</I>>><i> generation? At present, package selection looks to me as an integral part of +</I>>><i> the system generation process, "burned" onto the installation media. Must +</I>>><i> that be so? has this question already been discussed? +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Naively, I see an alternative: cut package selection into 2 parts: +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> (1) have system installation start by configuring a minimum set of packages, +</I>>><i> those that are strictly necessary to obtain a running system for the +</I>>><i> hardware and the desktop environment auto-detected / user-selected. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> (2) install additional packages that customise the system to the profile +</I>>><i> desired by the user only at the end of system generation - that could even +</I>>><i> be delayed to the time the system does its first bootstrap (that could still +</I>>><i> be done in a way that is transparent to users who want an out-of-the-box +</I>>><i> installation). +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> With the current installer you can select "customize" (instead of +</I>><i> selecting KDE or GNOME) and uncheck all the options there when you +</I>><i> click next the installer will even give you options to: +</I>><i> - install/not-install X +</I>><i> - install/not-install suggested packages +</I>><i> - go with a really minimal system and not install even urpmi +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> So, either it's a new user, he can select KDE or GNOME; or it's an +</I>><i> advanced/experienced user, he can deselect all the packages he wants, +</I>><i> and go with a very minimal system to begin with and then add the bits +</I>><i> and pieces he wants. +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> [...] +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I> +BTW , this has already been taken up in previous threads and members +have come up with the same ideas. Some have suggested more windowing +choices or tailored installations in software just as you are +suggesting. The marketing team will also be looking into it as well and +your comments on this are important. + +Some members, have suggested tailoring the "Customize" section where +there are already "Games", "Mail" "Server" etc categories by added more + such as (we have made a quick collection of these suggested in posts): + + * Gaming + * Education + o home + o teacher + o academic + * Music + * Video (+ Tv/online streaming) + * Audio/Video editing + * Graphics + * Office + * Visually impaired users (Braille (brltty), speech output (orca +etc.), magnification) + * Full server + o Business + o Education + o Development + * Home mini-server + o Document + o Graphics + o Music + o Communications (telephony) + +So far these are the suggestions that we have collected on the threads. +We could certainly add more if you think more should exist. Please +remember that these are only being collected at this point for possible +suggestions later. + +Marc +Marketing Team Member + + +</PRE> + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002556.html">[Mageia-discuss] Suggestions +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002559.html">[Mageia-discuss] Suggestions +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2558">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2558">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2558">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2558">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> -- cgit v1.2.1