[Fwd: Re: Smaller install CD?]

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 01:40:51PM +0200, Jane Weideman wrote:
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> > 
> > On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 20:27 +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> > > Hello
> > > 
> > > I was interested in Ubuntu but downloading an installation CD for
> > > more than three hours put me off somewhat.  Given that Debian has a
> > > 50MB NetInstall CD (more than 10 times smaller than a full install
> > > CD) I think I will stick to that for now.
> > > 
> > > Sure, the install CD probably contains some useful packages, but I
> > > will certainly not need all of them.  A base CD that contains only
> > > packages needed on most systems (ie without GNOME and KDE) could be
> > > much smaller. Even if it was 200 MB it is much better than 600.

You can of course perform a network install of Ubuntu, and download
everything from the network archive.  If you're only installing a server,
that should be on the order of 50-100M.

If you're installing a desktop, the full CD makes more sense.  Nearly all
desktops do use GNOME or KDE.

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 - mdz