Re: FOSDEM

[Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 15:55, Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de> wrote:

> Instead it would be greate to create USB Sticks with Debian Installer on
> them and sell them (below cost if enough sponsoring is found). An USB
> Stick is more likely to boot todays systems and can be easily updated or
> reused for other things when the installer becomes too old. CD/DVDs you
> just have to throw away.

I don't think there is much incentive to buy yet another USB thumb
drive. What about a pre-loading station where people can choose what
install media they want and then have them copied to their drives
automagically? I don't if Debian has something similar to grml's
grml2usb with support for parallel images or this could be adapted for
debian's needs, though.

I do agree that CDs and DVDs are becoming less and less needed over
time as most people who will be at Fosdem will have access to a fast
internet connection in some way. That being said, keeping a few CDs
around can't hurt.


Richard