Re: Proposal: switch default desktop to xfce
Op 25-10-13 14:45, Adam Sampson schreef:
> Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> writes:
>
>> We *could* just drop all the CD sets and be done with it, just keeping
>> the netinst CD and the DVDs. Is that what people really want?
>
> As a longtime Debian user, that would suit me fine -- I've not done a
> Debian installation using anything other than netinst (or debootstrap)
> in years.
>
> I'd be interested to know what the use cases for the full stack of CDs
> currently are...
The last time I used the full stack of CDs where there was no decent
alternative option was when I was helping a customer prepare a set of
installation instructions for a code escrow situation.
Since one of the requirements there was the ability to produce a 100%
bit-for-bit equal system, anything that used "download the current
version from the Internet" was out -- we had to provide actual media
(CDs, at the time).
That was over five years ago, though. Today, I doubt I'd still try to
use CDs, probably at least DVDs instead.
Having said that, I do think that providing a limited number of CD
install images is useful for those cases of retrocomputing where
installing off DVD is difficult. Other than that...
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If it starts pointing toward space you are having a bad problem and you
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