On Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 11:10:50AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > 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.
In all cases where I'm stuck with expensive (and/or slow) Internet I sure as hell pick the netinst image and download the minimum set of packages I need, rather than a whole CD image on the offhand chance that I might need everything on it (which is exceedingly unlikely). If, on the other hand, I download a CD-image somewhere else to burn it and then bring it home, the image will always be full CD-size (or are you suggesting that we start distributing half-empty CD-images?). So, as long as GNOME fits on the first installation CD I see no reason not to prefer it over XFCE. Kind regards, David -- /) David Weinehall <t...@debian.org> /) Rime on my window (\ // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ // Diamond-white roses of fire // \) http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/ (/ Beautiful hoar-frost (/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140810205944.gc2...@hirohito.acc.umu.se
