Lubuntu DVD

[Nio Wiklund]

I support the idea to keep focus on a Lubuntu CD size iso file, and to
make it good.

Best regards
Nio

On 2013-05-25 16:52, Phill Whiteside wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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>
>         <mailto: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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>     Steve
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