[lubuntu-users] Let us discuss: Lubuntu alternate iso files are oversized for CD disks

[Liam Proven]

On 1 June 2016 at 13:57, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Lubuntuers,
>
> Let us discuss the problem that the current Lubuntu alternate iso files are
> oversized for CD disks. I filed a bug report about it, but it has not
> generated much heat.
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-meta/+bug/1572429
>
> Do you want to make an effort to create a CD sized alternate iso file, or is
> it time for Lubuntu to abandon those old computers, that only boot from CD?
>
> We can suggest to try booting via Plop and a USB boot drive (chainloading
> after Plop has supplied a USB driver).

It's a good point, although I must admit, I no longer have any such
computers. The Mac mini I'm typing on (via a 26-year-old classic Apple
Extended II keyboard) doesn't have an optical drive at all, and I
don't miss it.

Some other Ubuntu meta-distros (albeit not official ones) come without
preinstalled productivity apps: for instance, Bodhi Linux:

http://www.bodhilinux.com/

That approach would work: a core OS with desktop and a web browser,
enough to get online and install everything else.

On the other hand, there's a fork of Lubuntu for older PCs -- LXLE:

http://www.lxle.net/

Perhaps it's time to leave the legacy kit to them?


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