[Fwd: Re: Smaller install CD?]

[Jane Weideman]

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> 
> On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 20:27 +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> > Hello
> > 
> > I was interested in Ubuntu but downloading an installation CD for
> > more than three hours put me off somewhat.  Given that Debian has a
> > 50MB NetInstall CD (more than 10 times smaller than a full install
> > CD) I think I will stick to that for now.
> > 
> > Sure, the install CD probably contains some useful packages, but I
> > will certainly not need all of them.  A base CD that contains only
> > packages needed on most systems (ie without GNOME and KDE) could be
> > much smaller. Even if it was 200 MB it is much better than 600.
> > 
> > Have a nice day
> > 
> > Michal Suchanek
> > 
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From: Michal 'hramrach' Suchanek <hramrach at centrum.cz>
Reply-To: Michal 'hramrach' Suchanek <hramrach at centrum.cz>
To: Jane Weideman <janew at hbd.com>
Subject: Re: Smaller install CD?
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 13:25:12 +0200

On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 10:01:02AM +0200, Jane Weideman wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Why don't you just order a free CD through shipit?
> http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org/
That's a good idea, at least for future installs. But if I am in a
situation that I put together a new system and want to get it working
the shipit CDs aren't always around.
> 
> The Ubuntu CD contains a host of applications as well.

Sure it does. But I guess I won't install most of them. And certainly
most of them aren't needed to configure the system properly, so they can
be installed later separately if/when they are wanted.

> 
> Jane W

Thanks

Michal Suchanek