I do not believe that having some people volunteer at this time would be beneficial if underlying issues are not first found out and fixed.
- How are Spins helpful for Fedora project?
- Does that help match the extra work required?
- Are Spins more or less helpful than 'Remixes'
- What kind of skills are required to maintain Spins?
- how much time is required?
I realize some of the questions may be more provocative than they should be but I am tired.
2 comments:
Speaking strictly as a user, I find spins very useful, seeing as I don't want the default Gnome-based live cd. But KDE isn't always a solution either, because I often deal with old computers. So the more options, the better.
As a developer, I'm definitely interested in making my own spins, and it seems easy enough, but it takes a more powerful machine than I have.
How many people download spins anyway, compared to the default images?
I have never really understood the practical need for spins from a users perspective. For example the FEL spin is just a bunch of pre-installed/pre-configured applications on top of a normal fedora install, right? So why don't I just install Fedora and then install those apps myself? Of course I can't because I don't know what those apps (and whatever special configuration they have) really are. I could go and deconstruct the spin but who could be bothered with that?
It would be much more interesting to me if the same configuration applied to a spin could be installed directly from my Fedora desktop. Spins target a very limited group of users. A more generally accessible mechanism of wholesale customisation of a fedora install would be better. Something along the lines of - install fedora - make it an Electronics Lab. Nice! Now I want to make it a HTPC - and also make it a file server. Something that comes with a sensible, working default configuration.
Would that be possible?
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