[Bug 49269] Re: installing "server" variant from alternate, file not found

[Martin Pitt]

Hi,

Colin Watson [2006-09-18 17:47 +0100]:
> > > 
> > > I wanted to rename it to 'minimal' (not quite accurate since it installs
> > > minimal+standard, but it's close enough). Or we could rename it back to
> > > 'custom', since the reason it was changed to 'server' was to discourage
> > > the "Ubuntu is just for desktops" meme before we had the server edition.
> > > What do you think?
> > 
> > What purpose does it now serve?  If we can answer that question, it should
> > lead us to an appropriate name. :-)
> 
> I think it's "I have an Ubuntu installation CD handy because shipit sent
> me one, but I don't like the desktop, so I just want to install a basic
> system and build something to my taste from there". (We assume that the
> amount of stuff they'll be downloading is comparable in size to the
> basic system, otherwise a netboot install would do the job; that said,
> netboot is more fiddly to set up.)

That's an use case I already had more than once. I have limited
traffic, so I avoid large downloads when I can. Just yesterday I
reinstalled my girlfriend's box: a minimal Ubuntu system with the
alternate's server option plus some lightweight stuff like fvwm,
tetex, and emacs21 (yeah, don't ask me, she got used to that old
computer and fvwm and doesn't want anything else :) ).

I agree that 'server' is not really appropriate, but offering
'minimal', 'basic', 'bootstrap', or something similar certainly has
non-zero use cases.

Martin

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