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[gNewSense-users] CD based app installer - feedback wanted
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Dean Linkous |
Subject: |
[gNewSense-users] CD based app installer - feedback wanted |
Date: |
Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:15:26 -0800 |
Hey all. Would a CD based software installer be useful? needed? wanted? crap?
As in, you pop in a cd, it autoplays (if your computer is set to do this), your
browser pops up with a friendly page that lets you browse the software
available on the CD with descriptions, screenshots, and maybe a mini-review or
something and to install you just click on the install button? Thoughts?
I am not suggesting anything professional. Just a homegrown effort to provide
some software on a CD with a dead easy simple installer. Webpage,
screenshots/description/mini-review maybe and a install button. Maybe a link to
the homepage for the software and maybe a link to a forum thread to discuss the
software or rate the software or both....
Just ISOs you can download or order for a couple bucks that provide software
packages on a cd with a simple front-end. For a couple extra bucks you can
request a CD with certain packages on it.
Maybe have a office ISO, game ISO, graphics ISO, multimedia ISO or something...
Actually I could have a (install from cd) button and a (install from the net)
button.
It would simply be software that is currently in the repo or that I can ensure
would install cleanly.
It would not provide anything that synaptic does not but it would be a bit
simpler and no changing sources.list. It would not be a real application. It
would simply be a page that called scripts that used dpkg/apt to install stuff
silently and created a desktop icon.
I just figure that some (new possibly clueless) users think that synaptic is
too confusing and does not provide enough information?
Users are use to popping a cd in and having it pop up and have clicky buttons
to install stuff.
I actually came up with this a couple/few years ago and dismissed it as stupid
so never did anything with it. I figured nobody would want to sue this when we
have synaptic.
Also being discussed here
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=361629
and here
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=12314
and on the gnewsense forum
http://wiki.gnewsense.org/ForumMain/CDBasedAppInstaller-Feedback
Thanks for any thoughts, ideas, or comments!
Dean
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