On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 10:04:46PM -0600, Callum Lerwick wrote: > Especially with yum backed network installs becoming available. If you > don't want to download and burn an entire DVD iso, just download a > 10-50mb network install iso. This is what I do with debian on the rare > occasion I install a system from scratch. Since I only install a system > once every few years, its a huge waste to me to download and burn 5+ > disks that I'm only going to use once. > > Someone on IRC was arguing that in many parts of the world, bandwidth is > very expensive. I don't see how 5 CDs to download vs a DVD make a > difference here. The real question is, how common are DVD burners, and > most importantly, DVD readers in various parts of the world. DVD writers aren't anywhere near as commonplace as CD writers yet. Looking around right now, I have 7 computers near me. CD writers outnumber DVD writers 6:1. (And the majority of the computers with CD writers are less than 2 years old (two of them are <6 months old)) (ironically, the dvd writer is my 3 month old laptop) I'm not claiming to be representative of the majority of Fedora users, but given there are a lot of Fedora users less fortunate than myself, I believe that discontinuing CD iso's would severely impact a huge portion of our userbase. It'd be interesting to see the download stats to see if they agree with this. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
