Quoting Leo Byatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] As I was saying about DVD's you do not need to fill them up. But say use 1GB of the space were cd-rom's are 680mb or 700mb.
Also have the download done in sections of 1GB max or cd-rom size. - Leo Quoting Alex Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 21:05:04 Marius Groenewald wrote: > > Hi Alex, > > > > The only problem I have with a DVD is the amount of GB to download at > once. > > This was the primary reason I went back to separate CD images... > > > > Some countries only have dial-up modems and others have caps on their > > internet usage. I live in South Africa and most home users have 3GB > caps > > per month. One DVD contains 4.7GB, which is more than the 3GB cap. I > would > > prefer separate CDs, each with its own OS and Extras. I also agree > that the > > Linux ISO can be removed, as it is shipped with most Linux Distros. > > I will not be dropping the Linux builds. I personally use Mandriva > (tried both > Ubuntu and Kubuntu, and found them both to be a total pain in the nether > > regions). However, I do not (and will not) use the packages supplied > with my > distro, not least because they are always at least one release behind > (frequently up to 3 releases behind), and they use a different build > environment, which leads to issues which are not found in the standard > (Sun > provided) builds. > > I am not unique. There are many other Linux users who also do the same > as I > do, so for that reason alone I shall continue to provide Linux builds > (both > RPM and DEB) on the CDs. > > I use > > Kubuntu Linux myself and I find it easier to use the Adept Manager to > > Update my Linux when newer versions are available, because it also > takes > > care of dependencies automatically. > > As does urpmi, Smart Package Manager (a Python-based front-end to urpmi > and > apt), Mandriva's RpmDrake (Perl-based front-end).... I actually have my > > download directory set as a repository, so all my installation tools > (both > command-line and graphical) can find and install any downloads I may do. > In > other words, I'm not limited to using remote, on-line repositories. > > > > Just another thing: > > In my previous ISO download (2.3.0), the autorun (Windows OS) file > pointed > > to the wrong setup file (previous version). I corrected it myself by > > extracting the ISO file, edited the autorun file, saved it, and > re-created > > the ISO image. > > That has been corrected in the 2.3.1 version.... :) > > > > Regards > > Marius Groenewald > > > > >>> Alex Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2008/01/07 11:53 >>> > > > > On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:57:00 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Quoting Leo Byatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Hi Team what about starting using DVD's remember a lot of newer > computers > > > have DVD's. It is the older ones that do not for them spilt up the > Os > > > into windows and mac and the rest if newer should have DVD's. > > > > We looked at the question of a DVD about 3 releases ago. There was > some > > discussion on this list, I even created a DVD (which was designed in > such a > > way that it could easily be broken down into separate CDs if > required). At > > the time, the consensus was that we should stick with CD images. > > > > That said, if the CD distributors would prefer a DVD image, I'm more > than > > happy to build one. The only thing is the time it will take to upload > it, > > probably 24 hours or so. > > > > So there is another option - a single (large) DVD image, or several > > (probably 4) separate CD images. > > > > Which is the preferred option? Over to you guys. > > > > -- > Alex Fisher > > Co-Lead, CD-ROM Project > > OpenOffice.org Marketing > Community Contact > Australia/New Zealand > > > http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
