Lubuntu CD

[Phill Whiteside]

Hi Raymond,

perhaps an even easier way for you is to use the net-boot (minimal install)
image[1], this has tasksel built in and then you can select which 'bits' of
server you want along with the choice of either lubuntu-desktop, or
lubuntu-minimal. The Ubuntu family is nothing if not extremely flexible in
how you install it!

Regards,

Phill.
1. http://amjjawad.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/mini-lubuntu-part-2.html

On 10 June 2013 10:09, Raymund John Ang <rj_ang at hotmail.com> wrote:

> For days now, I have been testing Lubuntu as a server for possible
> production (small scale intranet) deployment by installing tasksel, then
> installing ubuntu server and lamp. I guess the concept of Lubuntu as a
> minimal (CD-sized) Ubuntu variant hit me and am now more appreciative of
> Lubuntu staying as minimal as possible. Lubuntu + tasksel + Ubuntu server
> (via tasksel) + etc... makes small scale production server deployment easy,
> especially for those accustomed to GUI servers. :)
>
> I'm now thinking Lubuntu = server and LXLE = desktop. :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Raymund
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 15:52:59 +0100
> Subject: Re: Lubuntu DVD
> From: PhillW at Ubuntu.com
> To: rj_ang at hotmail.com
> CC: lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>
> I forgot about the codecs issue[1]. LXLE has the warning on the web-site
> about them, but he could still get complained about. Lubuntu is now the
> only member of the family that still has a CD sized installation ISO.
> Whilst I fully support such community respins such as LXLE, some computers
> simply require a CD to install (I have to mention a big thank-you to the
> release team who got the PPC iso back to CD size, for some of the older
> macs it really does make a difference to them). As long as there are such
> community re-spins, we are best concentrating upon keeping lubuntu CD sized
> and packing into that space all that is new, whilst allowing people to
> easily add-on what they want.
>
> For example, I've been following a conversation [2], where someone wants
> to remove the browser, but one of the other applications has a 'depends on'
>
> Turns out Gecko Media Player, which is essentially a browser plugin,
> requires a browser but only select browsers will do. So, when you attempt
> to uninstall Chromium, Gecko's dependencies kick in and it picks another
> one to get(firefox) and when you uninstall firefox it does the same with
> epiphany and so on.....uninstall Gecko, no more new installs
>
> What happens if you want to run a system without Internet access? Three
> out of four of my Windows boxes are run this way. (One of them has run XP
> for 12 years without a single update.)
>
> So, we have calls from each side! (My answer to them is use lubuntu-core
> [3] and then add on what they want).
>
> I hope that what has been posted up in this answer and that by Yorvyk,
> explains why lubuntu are lubuntu and why we stick to a CD sized ISO.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
> 1. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
> 2. https://www.facebook.com/groups/lubuntu.official/
> 3. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/MinimalInstall
>
>
>
> On 25 May 2013 15:34, Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> On 25/05/13 13:52, Phill Whiteside wrote:
>
> Hi Raymund,
>
> short answer? No. The image is kept CD sized so that older machines
> without a dvd reader / cannot boot from usb can use it. Once you have
>  lubuntu installed, you can install anything you want :) For those
> machines that can, there are various community re-spins of lubuntu /
>  lxde that do have extra bits which may over load the minimal
> specification machine that lubuntu is designed to work on.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
>
> On 19 May 2013 00:59, Raymund John Ang <rj_ang at hotmail.com
> <mailto:rj_ang at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hello Lubuntu users,
>
> Are there any plans to increase the ISO image size from a CD to DVD
> with tons of application and codec, just like LXLE, for deployment in
> older machines?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Raymund
>
>  There are also legal problems associated with some software, that varies
> from country to country, which Canonical could be liable for.
> I also feel that downloading a DVD size image is a waste of bandwidth if
> there's only a few things on it that I require. Plus software on the DVD is
> liable to be out of date after a while so you still have to download the
> updated version from the repos.
>
>
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