-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 erik wrote: | Sitsofe Wheeler wrote: | |> On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 21:41, erik wrote: |> |> |>> If for instance Openoffice is remove from download version no problem |>> to get M9.0 into three 650MB CDs. Possible to burn CDs from 650MB |>> burners increase market. |>> And less download time.... |>> |> |> |> Unfortunately OpenOffice is exactly the sort of app that I want on my |> CDs. So what you are suggesting is a something I would hate to see |> Mandrake do. You don't even have to get anything past the first CD if |> you just want a basic system... |> |> There is a fine line between what's useful and what will be too many CDs |> and I want to see how the current situation pans out. The whole reason |> why I prefer Mandrake to RedHat is because I don't have to download all |> the extra apps I use separately from the distro. |> |> |> |> | Well, as I see it all these extras can be included in the boxed version, | the boxed I buy to get the extras and the boxed that support Mandrake . | Specially as Mandrake hdinstall today do not support install from more | than 1 (one!) ISO (RH7.3 can install from all 3 ISOs) and 700MB CDs are | more difficult to burn. Thats the reason I suggested staying with 650MB | CDs, avoid making Mandrake 9.0 download an expert distro. | | |
You can buy new burners for about $30 ($40 for a 24-40x) that can easily handle 700MB discs. If you have a burner that can't (as 700MB discs are the now defacto standard and almost completly replace 650s)), it's either very buggy or total junk. That extra 50MB per disc won't take too much longer when you figure the download time for the total set, and that extra 150MB set just might have the killer utility you need to fill in the gaps on any system. You could always reduce the size of the discs to 500MB so that someone with a very buggy 1X burner can make discs too, but that's even more foolish. As long as the official iso's don't require a dvd-r (I go this route myself) or overburning, I say pack them as full as possible. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAj19ovcACgkQUMkt1ZRwL1NyAwCgvoTNJbtm3XkX75VWfOLLaLt5 5n0An1/XJ1SflXywBV5y2Fhce4N0Iy6b =BQVc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
