Proposal to drop Ubuntu alternate CDs for 12.10

[Colin Watson]

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 08:30:23PM +0200, Thomas Krupa wrote:
> at the moment i am using the alternate cd for preseeding ubuntu, so
> i can automatically install many machines (at the moment around 100)
> at our high school.
> would i have to use the server iso to be able to use preseed for
> automatic installation? I'd rather prefer the desktop alternate cd.

Automatic installation is usually much better done using netboot
installation and a local apt mirror.  This means you don't have to ferry
physical CDs around (although if you have machines that won't boot from
the network then you can use the "netboot" mini.iso) and realistically
you probably wanted a local mirror anyway rather than having 100
machines all download their updates from the internet.

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]