Download a file, maybe 5-25 mb. It has binarys that run on every operating system. It detects all your hardware, and compares it to a database of linux compatable devices. You can tell it if you have any unconnected periferals you want checked as well.. like a scanner, web cam, or digital camera.
The application can tell you if your system will be 100% Linux comptable. If it is, you can go ahead and reboot to the install - with this file comes only: 1. the minimal amount of linux needed to install 2. and every possible network device driver (how much space would this take up?)
Your 100% percent linux compatable computer then goes off to the internet and only downloads: 1. the drivers and minimal software you need 2. the software you want.
Maybe if you only want firefox, blender, gimp, inskcape, kooka, vlc, konversation, kino, open office, audacity, gaim, and nothing else aside from the basics like a terminal, text editor, and system files install you could have linux and all the base software take up no more than 200-400 mbs of space.
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They should also ban gimmicky ads like for web templates, ring tones, and single page sells.
Download a file, maybe 5-25 mb. It has binarys that run on every operating system. It detects all your hardware, and compares it to a database of linux compatable devices. You can tell it if you have any unconnected periferals you want checked as well.. like a scanner, web cam, or digital camera.
The application can tell you if your system will be 100% Linux comptable. If it is, you can go ahead and reboot to the install - with this file comes only: 1. the minimal amount of linux needed to install 2. and every possible network device driver (how much space would this take up?)
Your 100% percent linux compatable computer then goes off to the internet and only downloads: 1. the drivers and minimal software you need 2. the software you want.
Maybe if you only want firefox, blender, gimp, inskcape, kooka, vlc, konversation, kino, open office, audacity, gaim, and nothing else aside from the basics like a terminal, text editor, and system files install you could have linux and all the base software take up no more than 200-400 mbs of space.
Efficency is key.
http://en.wikiversity.org/ is a possibility...
It seems to me that everything is about finding a balance...
Good thing we still have Internet1.
Wow. Talk about efficient.
Uh, yeah.
I think this is really cool. =)