[ubuntu-za] Success!!! :)

[Lee Sharp]

On 07/14/2011 09:35 AM, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote:

> Actually the desktop install CD is usually faster.
>
> Time it ;)
>
> The desktop CD basically extracts a bunch of files from a compressed
> filesystem where the alternate CD installs individual packages one by
> one which is much more time intensive. Alternate disk will indeed work
> on machines with less ram and has indeed wider hardware support, but the
> Desktop disk will pretty much always be much faster installation-wise.

I have.  Once you remove the additional boot time, the somewhat slow to 
load GUI install apps, and so on, and if you consider how much faster 
you can go with a keyboard...

We did a race on identical equipment (Dual core and 2 gig of ram) and 
the alt install was rebooted and logged in before the live cd was at reboot.

			Lee