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Hi,

Having to use DVD or buy special 800MB CD-R's is also a pain, when the machines targeted
can neither boot to USB nor be booted with the help of Plop boot manager. (Which
sometimes happens, or it would boot but then behave in a way which makes it not usable).

Besides that I notice here:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/daily-live/current/

that the 64bits edition is smaller than the i386 edition, which makes little sense to me.

I'll grab one then the other, and have a look at the filesystem.manifest file, then will
run one or the other in Virtualbox to try to find what makes it so big? I'll post back
any findings possibly relevant.

Also I would have a request to add a program. :)
I know in the context of wondering if the size ISO should be lowered it's not right the
place, so could someone remind me where the right place for a wish is nowadays located?

Best regards,
Mélodie



On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:04:25 +0200
Jörn <joern.schoenyan@xxxxxx> wrote:

> 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