On Sat, Mar 03, 2012 at 08:22:37PM -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Just wondering: why is the fedora minimal install iso (266 M) so much > larger than the ubuntu one (26 M)? Clearly, these are two different > distributions and I do not mean to imply that one is more preferable > than the other in this aspect, so I was just wondering..... > > For the Fedora minimal install (I was referring to boot.iso) while for > the Ubuntu, I was referring to mini.iso. I suspect that the answer may > be that boot.iso can do far more than a minimal install, in which > case (just speculation), wouldn't it be useful to also have a minimal > install iso? > > I have not used Ubuntu much: that is my wife's distribution. I have > stuck with Fedora from Day 1 even though it has become less stable > since the middle of Fedora 14. (Just my observations: I still prefer F > to U, though). You're correct that the Fedora install boot.iso has more content and functionality. Since much of that is designed to power the Anaconda installer, moving to a smaller ISO wouldn't be that useful. You'd still need to download all the content at install time to make use of the installer. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
