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Re: lubuntu oversize

 

I second that. Being restricted to CD size is a large burden, DVD drives/USB boot capability are both common nowadays. If there are many complaints, we could make a community respin with only lubuntu-core, but that is another story. 

Best  regards!

Am 20. Oktober 2014 16:15:29 MESZ, schrieb Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>Hi,
>
>let me throw the Holy hand-grenade in.... :P
>
>A little history first... When the flavours were asked if they wanted
>to
>continue alternate installer, they all said NO.
>
>I was told that alternate installer would be dropped... And, of course,
>me
>being me I asked how they were going to install server edition. This
>was
>met with an OOPS, and so alternate installer lives on :)
>
>I propose the following...
>
>Desktop ISO can go DVD size
>Alternate ISO remains CD size.
>
>Julien are you okay with that, and can others voice their opinions as
>to
>what will be a break, but I think will lessen to the load on the devs
>and
>they can add in language packs etc.
>
>/me retires to a safe distance :)
>
>Kindest Regards,
>
>Phill.
>
>On 20 October 2014 09:08, Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 10/20/2014 08:03 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>> > * If you think it is important with a desktop ISO file within CD
>size,
>> > please tell us here and now!
>>
>> I would agree that it is important for PPC.  Many of the really old
>> machines cannot burn DVDs.
>>
>> About thinning down the image, guvcview has never worked for me on
>> machines with cameras and the old machines do not even have cameras,
>so
>> if something must be thrown under the bus, that would be the first on
>> that comes to my mind.
>>
>> Regards,
>> /Lars
>>
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