On 12/13/2013 04:24 PM, Gene Czarcinski wrote: > On 12/13/2013 03:20 AM, poma wrote: >> On 13.12.2013 08:25, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote: >> >>> >I argue that we should get rid of the DVD it's an era of the past and >>> >just provide net-install iso and lives. >> Probably there are good reasons why the DVD is still here. > Indeed! There are environments/situations where there is no network > connectivity (at least to the Internet) and never will be. It is this > type of situations that will require a DVD. > > Another situation is where I am installing into a qemu-kvm virtual > system. Yes, there will be Internet connectivity. Yes, it is nice to > have everything updated on install. But, running with just the DVD > image is a lot faster (takes much less wall-clock time). > > BTW, if a live image is suppose to represent "The" set for a desktop > such as KDE, then that should be the same on the DVD. But, if there > really should be more than can fit on a live cdrom image, then why not > change that to be a live DVD image. After all, how many computers out > only have a cdrom drive as oppose to a dvd drive capable of handling > both cdroms and dvds? > The Fedora Gnome and KDE images are currently too big for a CD, we actually have transitioned to live DVD. Only the XFCE, LXDE, and MATE-Compiz Live Spins can be accommodated on a CD. > Gene -- Regards, Rejy M Cyriac (rmc) -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
