Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> wrote:
Chris Adams (cmadams(a)hiwaay.net) said:
> Once upon a time, Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> said:
> > This has *nothing* to do with upgrades. This is all about the desktop
> > livecd only.
>
> But the livecd "copy to hard drive" option is a quick-and-easy way to
> install a system from a single CD, at which point this is NOT just about
> the CD version.
>
> The smallest thing you can download from Fedora and install (without
> requiring network access during install) is the livecd, so that is a
> common path to take. You can then customize easily from there (but if
> you don't know no local SMTP server was installed, you aren't liable to
> go looking for it).
Sure, but...
- If you're just installing a single-user desktop, there's not really
a usage case for a local mail delivery agent
fetchmail for reading mail locally even when the network is slow or
nonexistent + being able to queue and route mail out, even if the machine
is network-less ATM and hops between networks (home, job, other).
- If you're using it as a base for installing Some Other Thing,
you're
already doing customization; this is just one more thing
It's just not nice to add unnecessary work for anyone doing this.
- If you're installing a lab of machines you want to forward cron
stuff
centrally, you're (hopefully) doing kickstart, not shoving the livecd
in each machine
Nodz.
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