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Re: [LUG] Ubuntu Studio

 

On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, Alan Pope wrote:

2009/10/27 Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx>:
Why doesn't Ubuntu do what Debian does and release a "netist" disk - the
Debian one is only 150MB or so. Everything else is pulled off the 'net as
required, rather then download everything under the Sun, requiring GB of
downloads, a DVD burner and more time...


It does, and has done forever.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD

~10MB netinst images are available to do exactly what you're suggesting.

Good - which I've no interst in whatsoever as I use Debian - but if that's the case then why is Tom, etc. downloading GB of data for burning onto a DVD??? (and complaining that it's slow!!!)

Gordon

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