On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 04:30:42PM +0100, Michael Bramer wrote: > Hello Hi,
> Last year we make a LinuxTag-CD in the last days befor the LinuxTag. > > Maybe we shoud make this 'this year' better and start now... Uhh you're very early this time ;) > The last three years we make a CD. Maybe we should make a DVD now. The > content of the DVD: > - a normal knoppix (default boot item) (700 MB) > - a normal debian install system (200 MB) > - a debian mirror (sarge) (rest) > > comments? Well I think we've two points here for discussion: 1. CD vs. DVD A DVD has a lot of space but they're useless without a DVD reader and ATM data DVDs are not realy in a wide use. When I look around we don't have a DVD reader in the Office (small german telefone company and ISP) and I've only one at home in my desktop computer. So a DVD would be useless for me cause the only box with a DVD reader I own is running testing/unstable. Maybe other people have more money and can purchase a DVD reader for every box they own. Another point to mention here is that we aim with this CD/DVD at a group of people who are willing to change from another OS to Debian so in most cases Debian will take the backdoor and often the backdoor is a slow old box without state of the art hardware, like DVD readers, just standing around as a print server or internet gateway at home. (I found my way to Debian with the LT CD from 2000 and a PI 133 as a printserver in the office) 2. What does it cost and how much money do we have? Do you have any information about the costs for DVD vs. CD? I would stay another year with CDs or choose a dual way with CDs and DVDs if it's not to expensive and too confusing for the visitors. Sven -- sig wurde betriebsbedingt gekuendigt Apt-rpm packages for RedHat: http://www.hoaxter.de/aptrpm/index.html
