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[KI7MT <ki7mt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello All,

This is just a discussion, so don't get upset or think I'm trying to
take the project in a different direction here.

Rather than building ISO installers and managing ISO (which is a very
large undertaking), what if we provided a high quality integration
package for the various Distros that are appropriate?

This would definitely be easier for the development team, and provide a
very familiar process for the end user (they simply install out PPA that
has all the packages and customizations).

At the root level, this is how Ubuntu works anyway. They have a based
installation, and they a meta-package to integrate / add various
desktops. The Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Edubuntu editions are all a bit
different, and the base package lists are certainly different. However,
they also have a large number of developers working these projects
(which we do not have).

We could provide packages that accommodate all of these various desktop
installation much easier than trying to manage our own distribution. No
to mention, the cost (bandwidth) and developer resource requirements.

Take for example, Israels OBI ToriOS. It is that teams responsibility to
manage the ISO, Installer, base packageing etc. All we would do, as the
C4C-Dev team, is provide a ToriOS integration package to for that
desktop. The same for Xubuntu, Lubuntu, UBuntu Unity, UBuntu Mate whatever.

We could provide a much higher quality integration package if we were
not having to focus on the whole installation and re-roll process. And
the fact of the matter is, users are going to install what they want
anyway, we cant stop that, but we can change the look and feel of the
desktop "If" they install our PPA / packages or eventually, a proper
Distribution package.

We can still provide all the packages we want, all the media (audio,
video, themes stuff, etc) we want, but the package could reside within
the repository, which would certainly reach more users.

This would also make the job of Packaging a Computer for giving away
"Much Easier". Simply install the base image (from whatever distro we
choose to support), install the PPA, reset the OEM, job done.

These are just ideas to bounce around, but if the focus is to get the
content and capability in as many hands as possible, focusing on content
integration rather than distribution management seems a very logical
choice to me as we can provide a "much better product" in the long run.


best regards,

Greg