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[Eric Bradshaw <ericbradshaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Guys,

This does warrant some discussion. I'm truly excited for the
possibilities. Let me speak with my peeps and get back with you? I'm
thinkin' a couple days.

Eric

On 05/21/2015 01:19 PM, KI7MT wrote:
> 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
>