My only concern are for those who live in areas with slow internet connections. The difference between 1 GB and 1.2 GB could mean an extra 1-2 hours of downloading which could be a problem.
On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 1:51 AM, Tim <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 10/08/15 07:41, Alfredo Hernández wrote: > > Actually it's quite hard to find 1GB USB Keys (I've personally tried to > buy 1GB pen drives precisely to fit LiveUSBs of different distros). > > Having said that, I agree about increasing the limit, but we should > always have in mind that not everyone has fast Internet access, so it's > > always good to keep the size as small as humanly possible. > Yes even here many people struggle with download limits and crap internet, > and recently netflix congestion. So its not like we will just go and > bloat the image (though it will take a 120MB hit for the next few days > until I get the getting-started-docs split sorted!) > > > > Cheers, > > Alfredo > > > > On 9 August 2015 at 07:48, Andrés Muñiz Piniella < > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > El 9 de agosto de 2015 11:45:49 GMT+01:00, Tim <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> escribió: > > > > > > > > >On 09/08/15 19:49, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: > > >> El 9 de agosto de 2015 10:38:39 GMT+01:00, Tim < > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > >escribió: > > >>> What do people think about increasing the size limits on our > ISO's, > > >we > > >>> currently have a 1GB limit set, but that is pretty arbitrary and > was > > >>> mainly intended so the image would fit on 1GB usb key. That seems > > >like > > >>> a somewhat dated requirement these days, with usb keys much > cheaper > > >and > > >>> for the most part probably much bigger than 1GB. > > >>> > > >> Live usb recommend to use at least 2GB size last I checked. The > free > > >usb I got in my latest conference was a credit card size 4Gb. > > >We have had the 1GB limit since the very start so 2013 and its not > been > > >reviewed since. > > > > > > I mean the programs used for liveUSBs. > > > > >> > > >> Would 1.5GB be more than enough? Might be an issue for people > using > > >phone networks.also, I'd like some left over space for files and > > >updates. > > >I'm tempted to set actual the limit at that (the one that fires off > > >oversized image warnings), but probably for the forseeable future we > > >can > > >keep it under 1.2-1.3GB > > >> > > > > > > > > >-- > > >Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list > > >[email protected] <mailto:[email protected] > > > > >Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome > > > > > > -- > > RichmondMakerlabs.uk > > Ham United Group > > > > -- > > Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome > > > > > > > -- > Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome > -- [image: --] Keith I Myers [image: http://]http://KMyers.me +Keith I Myers <http://plus.kmyers.me/> Mobile : (305)-929-3475
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