[lubuntu-users] cups not built-in ?

[Narcis Garcia]

The lightest variant of Ubuntu, Lubuntu, should fit on a traditional
CD-ROM and should be installable without internet access. This is the
typical scenario (small computer, small internet) where someone chooses
Lubuntu.

I believe all basic variants of Lubuntu should fit on a 700MB CD-ROM:
i386-desktop*
powerpc-desktop*
i386-alternate
powerpc-alternate

- Why Mozilla software is kept instead of CUPS?? What about Midori
browser or others? Firefox is 45MiB compressed, Midori 11MiB, full CUPS
10MiB.
- If someone needs Sylpheed, has internet access, then can install it
after; same with Pidgin and Transmission.
- Abiword can be a good selection; Gnumeric is not too esential as the
word processor is.
- How many partition managers are needed? GParted + gnomedisks ?
- How many package managers are needed? Synaptic + softwarecenter ?
- How many audio players are needed? Audacious + gnomemplayer ?
- Why there are 73MiB (compressed) dedicated to fonts-noto-cjk ? And
8MiB to fonts-nanum ?
- 14MiB (compressed) dedicated to software-center metadata
(app-install-data) ?
- 9MiB for linux-headers ? Need to recompile kernel/modules offline?
- About gnome-icon-theme (9MiB), I believe that it should be split in
gnome-icon-theme-minimal and gnome-icon-theme-full; then select only the
minimal for ISO media.


(*) Live sessions are essential to check if the OS works, before
installing over a previous OS in the computer.



El 11/08/16 a les 20:13, Ian Bruntlett ha escrit:
> Hi there,
> 
> On 11 August 2016 at 19:00, Aere Greenway <Aere at dvorak-keyboards.com
> <mailto:Aere at dvorak-keyboards.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On 08/11/2016 11:49 AM, Narcis Garcia wrote:
> 
>         I believe that the problem is on software selection to build
>         live/install media, and not on any software package.
>         If live/install media hasn't CUPS, seems to be caused by a
>         discard decision.
> 
>         What I don't understand is, if this decision is for CD space
>         reasons,
>         why Lubuntu ISOs are still over 700MB.
> 
>     I would be very surprised if cups were intentionally discarded for
>     space reasons.
> 
>     The ability to print is a necessity for any computer you do actual
>     work with (in my opinion).
> 
>     If things are that desperate space-wise, the goal of fitting it on a
>     CD should be abandoned, and defeat admitted.
> 
> 
> It currently doesn't fit on a CD. To install one of the Ubuntus, go to
> http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/netboot/ and download the relevant iso. From
> what I see there, 32-bit Ubuntus can be installed by putting a 48M iso
> onto CD-R and choosing options - e.g. Ubuntu or Lubuntu packages - at
> install time. I've been using a NetBoot CD-R for some of my 32-bit
> installs.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> 
> Ian
> 
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