Re: Request: space for hosting software of good/important projects at opensuse.org

Seconded.

As an end user, if it were not for the static ISO images, installs
would take all day. < 2 hours with ISO (including base install) to
complete on relatively modern hardware with the network disabled. This
is completely configured and operational (less security setup and
kiosk lockdown). Astounding.

If the network is enabled, it will update via the repository and that
has taken between 5 and 7 hours depending on the pipeline at the
community center or school.  As traffic continues to increase, this
will become a big impediment against the ease of use build into this
add on.

As someone who has performed three installations now, I have learned
to use the ISO only, get things operational and configured then
attempt the update overnight.  But it almost is a requirement to come
back and physically inspect to be on the safe side.  This brings setup
time to 2 days.  That is an impediment to schools who would hire an
outside consultant to install, and an increased burden to already
overloaded IT staff members at the school.

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Lars Vogdt <[email protected]> wrote:
> Now I want to request space on *.opensuse.org for:
> 1) ISO images (~27GB)
> 2) Our frozen Online-Repositories (~27GB)
> 3) Our Update-Repositories (currently ~400MB)


Thank you for your time,
Regards,
-- 
Doug Glenn
FORUM Information Systems, LLC
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