Quoting Gunnar Wolf (2014-08-08 05:34:29) >> One of the reasons put forward for switching to Xfce was size on the >> installation images; could you (and/or debian-cd) address this? >> >> Specifically: 1) Would you want the default CD/DVD image to use a >> GNOME even if GNOME was unable to fit on a single image? 2) Would the >> GNOME team consider a less-complete DE for cases where image size is >> a restriction? > > ...And I'd like us to consider this point as well: How important are > CD images nowadays? Who has a CD that cannot read a DVD? Will they be > able to use on said machine a modern desktop environment as > resource-demanding as, say, i3 or fvwm?
The issue here really is "how big is it?" rather than "hos many disks [of which kind] does it fit onto?". "unable to fit on a single image" is not only about use of said storage devices for installation, but also an indication more generally of how much data needs to be transfered on average for a usable installation. Quite a few places in the World have poor and/or expensive internet access. Larger default desktop will hurt the most in developing countries: non-techies gets discourages to use Debian at all, or when using it may apply security fixes less often. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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