I support the idea to keep focus on a Lubuntu CD size iso file, and to make it good.
Best regards Nio On 2013-05-25 16:52, Phill Whiteside wrote: > I forgot about the codecs issue[1]. LXLE has the warning on the web-site > about them, but he could still get complained about. Lubuntu is now the > only member of the family that still has a CD sized installation ISO. > Whilst I fully support such community respins such as LXLE, some > computers simply require a CD to install (I have to mention a big > thank-you to the release team who got the PPC iso back to CD size, for > some of the older macs it really does make a difference to them). As > long as there are such community re-spins, we are best concentrating > upon keeping lubuntu CD sized and packing into that space all that is > new, whilst allowing people to easily add-on what they want. > > For example, I've been following a conversation [2], where someone wants > to remove the browser, but one of the other applications has a 'depends on' > > Turns out Gecko Media Player, which is essentially a browser plugin, > requires a browser but only select browsers will do. So, when you > attempt to uninstall Chromium, Gecko's dependencies kick in and it picks > another one to get(firefox) and when you uninstall firefox it does the > same with epiphany and so on.....uninstall Gecko, no more new installs > > What happens if you want to run a system without Internet access? Three > out of four of my Windows boxes are run this way. (One of them has run > XP for 12 years without a single update.) > > So, we have calls from each side! (My answer to them is use lubuntu-core > [3] and then add on what they want). > > I hope that what has been posted up in this answer and that by Yorvyk, > explains why lubuntu are lubuntu and why we stick to a CD sized ISO. > > Regards, > > Phill. > 1. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats > 2. https://www.facebook.com/groups/lubuntu.official/ > 3. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/MinimalInstall > > > > On 25 May 2013 15:34, Yorvyk <yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com > <mailto:yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com>> wrote: > > On 25/05/13 13:52, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > Hi Raymund, > > short answer? No. The image is kept CD sized so that older machines > without a dvd reader / cannot boot from usb can use it. Once you > have > lubuntu installed, you can install anything you want :) For those > machines that can, there are various community re-spins of lubuntu / > lxde that do have extra bits which may over load the minimal > specification machine that lubuntu is designed to work on. > > Regards, > > Phill. > > On 19 May 2013 00:59, Raymund John Ang <rj_...@hotmail.com > <mailto:rj_...@hotmail.com> > <mailto:rj_...@hotmail.com <mailto:rj_...@hotmail.com>>> wrote: > > Hello Lubuntu users, > > Are there any plans to increase the ISO image size from a CD to DVD > with tons of application and codec, just like LXLE, for > deployment in > older machines? > > Thanks! > > Raymund > > There are also legal problems associated with some software, that varies > from country to country, which Canonical could be liable for. > I also feel that downloading a DVD size image is a waste of > bandwidth if there's only a few things on it that I require. Plus > software on the DVD is liable to be out of date after a while so you > still have to download the updated version from the repos. > > > -- > > > Steve > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/__mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > -- > > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw > > > > -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
