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The Kubuntu CD should have a sampling of whole of KDE

Bug #57235 reported by Shriramana Sharma
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kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

As it is, the Kubuntu CD comes without any sampling from kdeaccessibility, kdeedu, kdegames and kdetoys packages. This should not be. Those packages belonging to these categories which are not too space-hogging should be included in the CD, and other minor priority stuff (for the average user) like -dev packages should be dropped to make space.

kdevelop is big, and probably kdewebdev, so I do not report them, but the above listed packages, especially kdegames and kdeedu should be there in the Kubuntu CD to give people an idea of what KDE can give. And in the interest of the differently-abled users, kdeaccessibility may also be included.

See also bug #56971 for the Kubuntu DVD.

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Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis) wrote : Re: [Bug 57235] The Kubuntu CD should have a sampling of whole of KDE

 status Rejected

The CDs are small and can't include much more. There are no -dev
packages on the cd other than build-essential (which is there because
MANY people asked for it).

Changed in kubuntu-meta:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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Shriramana Sharma (jamadagni) wrote :

Well I did some space calculations.

Remove:
karm - I suspect low popularity
katapult - it's severely broken. See bug #57737

OK I realize that the above two removals are unlikely. Here are some better suggestions:

1. Replace OpenOffice with KOffice. KOffice is much smaller and offers all important functionality needed.

2. If that is not possible, then at least remove:
openoffice help
openoffice thesaurus

This will definitely free up about 20 MB.

After that, add at least some of the following relatively small packages:

KDE Accessibility:
 kmag
 kmousetool

KDE Edu:
 kbruch
 kig
 kmplot
 kpercentage
 ktouch
 kturtle

KDE Games:
 kasteroids
 kmahjongg
 kpat
 ksnake

KDE Toys;
 amor
 eyesapplet
 fifteenapplet
 kworldclock

Changed in kubuntu-meta:
status: Rejected → Unconfirmed
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Brandon Holtsclaw (imbrandon) wrote :

Rejected + Wishlisted ( AGAIN ) -- ( this needs to be filed as a spec and/or brought up in a meeting and thought through )

A bug report isnt really a place for a whishlist of items on the CD, the CD's do have limited space and what is on them is choosen pretty carefully, with that said we are always open to sugestions and input but it needs to go though the proper channels.

Changed in kubuntu-meta:
importance: Untriaged → Wishlist
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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Shriramana Sharma (jamadagni) wrote :

OK I did:

https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/kubuntu-cd-samples-whole-kde

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