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johnraff

nullglob

From: Nagoya, Japan

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

VastOne

#! Ranger

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

lcafiero

The #! Guy

From: Felton, California, USA

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

Fedora had gone through this debate for a few releases, deciding on the last one (Fedora 16), finally, to release on a live DVD, since CDs were not able to hold enough data. I don't remember exactly the argument for keeping CDs as well, but I think it had to do with what rhowaldt mentioned about older hardware and there were some issues revolving around the availability of DVD burners (?).

Unless there's a compelling reason to keep it under 700MB -- and other than the old hardware argument, I can't think of any reason -- going over that and having folks install with DVDs and/or USB sticks is certainly the way to go.

Last edited by lcafiero (2012-06-22 18:22:51)

mynis01

#! Die Hard

From: 127.0.0.1

Registered: 2010-07-02

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

Why not just keep it to a 700MiB install image and make it so some of the apps/artwork are installed from cb-welcome or an obmenu pipe menu?

bobrossw

#! Die Hard

Registered: 2011-02-08

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

I think the small size and light resource footprint are the  most appealing parts of #!.  I just installed it on a dual-boot (#!/windows) netbook SSD.  So I've got 65 gigs total, and I managed to spare 7 for #!.  I like that it gives a lot for so little.  I get that the size of packages are out of corenomial's control, but I'm happy with the welcome script, and the option to leave out less necessary packages as needed.  I also like the menu items that offer to install other common programs.

On the other hand, there is a pretty solid out of the box experience with #! now. I don't know what I would recommend getting rid of, if more space needed to be made...For example, I might take out Abiword from the core install, but I imagine not being able to read documents after an install would turn some other people off.  Same issue with programs like vlc.  They are too useful to be left  out, so what gets left behind to make a 700mg install CD?

One thing that does concern me is the waldorf install right now doesn't seem to work on a flash drive...at least I needed to put it on a CD to get it to work.  I think making it only work on a DVD-R would be a problem.

omns

#! wanderer

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

What's a CD? No problem removing the limitation at this end. Would we have many/any users that only have a CD drive and subsequently couldn't burn a DVD if USB is not an option?

pidsley

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Registered: 2012-05-23

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

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omns

#! wanderer

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

^ I'll be interested to see if there are any replies supporting the unable to use a DVD option.

hinto

#! Windbag

From: Cary, NC

Registered: 2010-12-08

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

^ usually you can update the BIOS to boot a USB stick.
-H

wuxmedia

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Registered: 2012-03-09

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

personally speaking 3/5 of my dilapidated range of hardware would prefer a CD to anything else. 
anything new ie over 5 years old is cool with DVD/USB.

so there could be a call for a lite version - for older slower machines and a DVD version that would make use of the newer hardware.
I understand 2 versions would be more work.

@lcafiero - I'm amazed at anybody finding it hard to get a DVD burner.... mine broke 2 years ago and i thought i'd just get another CD burner...It was impossible, DVD-r was the de-facto...

@omns if it can't run a USB, personally speaking, it wont have a DVD player (at least without swapping the unit over, which is hard for lappies)

pidsley

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

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omns

#! wanderer

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

pidsley

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lcafiero

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

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wuxmedia

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

@lcafiero €20 delivered to my door wasn't out of my budget, in fact a CD burner was a stupid amount of money - seeing as a DVD burner can do CD's nobody makes CD burners (dead cheap) - unless maybe there's a huge stock waiting to be cleared somewhere.
Is France considered 1st world? Doesn't seem like it sometimes.

Unia

#! Octo-portal-pussy

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Registered: 2010-07-17

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

If the 700MiB limit has to be set, I would agree with taking out some packages and giving those an entry in the cb-welcome script. I think that's a nice balance between 'lightness' and 'OOTB' experience.

lcafiero

The #! Guy

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

Heh. I can't answer that one, wuxmedia. But yeah, if that works for you, great.

rhowaldt

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Registered: 2011-03-09

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

also, i'm sure that if the 'default' #! goes over 700MB, some smart dude inside our little community will just build us all a lite-version

pvsage

Internal Affairs

From: North Carolina

Registered: 2009-10-18

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

^ Are you sure?  There's been talk in the past of "community editions", almost always going nowhere.

VastOne

#! Ranger

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

^ Glass House syndrome...

hhh

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

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pvsage

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

omns

#! wanderer

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

VastOne

#! Ranger

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

^ I can get my head around DL, but the damned thing never works...

omns

#! wanderer

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Re: Is it time to drop the 700MiB CD Limit?

^^Oh, and I have some nice sample scripts for Debian Live if you are interested