On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 6:59 PM, David Zeuthen <davidz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-03-24 at 13:21 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote: >> On Wed, 2010-03-24 at 09:50 -0400, James Laska wrote: >> >> > So the new size limit for desktop live images will be 1G or 1Gib? >> >> 1GiB. 2^30, not 10^9. > > Why? It seems backwards to use 1GiB instead of 1GB - most 1GB USB sticks > only hold 1GB, not 1GiB. And the whole point of this excursion was to > fit on 1GB USB sticks. Well, one of the points anyway. > > Anyway, it still seems to me that these two statements are still true > > a) 2GB sticks are not really more expensive than 1GB sticks > (see list archives for other people seconding this impression) Not speaking for the whole world of course but here in Austria finding a 1GB stick seems hard (only one listed on a big price comparison site). It costs 6.50 € while the cheapest 2GB costs 6.70 € ... so 1GB sticks are basically dead here. -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
