Got Gutsy DVDs?

[Matt Zimmerman]

I would be interested to know *why* you use it.  The cases you described
(installing on many computers, and on computers not belonging to you) don't
explain why the CD is unsuitable for you.

I would be surprised if the DVD actually saves you bandwidth over the CD,
given that the DVD essentially contains two copies of every default
application (one in pre-installed form, and one in .deb form).

On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 07:46:35PM -0500, john.godzero at gmail.com wrote:
> To All:
> The DVD ISOs are indeed needed for some of us.
> I, for instance, tend to install it on many of my computers, and
> computers not belonging to me.
> I guess you knew people like me exist - hence the DVD ISO.
> The savings on bandwidth and time are tremendous. I only wish I had a
> spare (low power) machine to make a local repository. Not a full repo,
> but a squid type box that would cache files on demand.
> 
> My 2 cents.
> 
> -John
> 
> 
> On 10/26/07, Matthew Nuzum <matthew.nuzum at canonical.com> wrote:
> > On 10/26/07, Matt Zimmerman <mdz at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > > On Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 11:40:34PM -0700, Scott (angrykeyboarder) wrote:
> > > > Dear Ubuntu,
> > > >
> > > > You reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally need some more mirrors for the 7.10 DVDs.
> > > > Continual timeouts on cdimage.ubuntu.com/cdimages.ubuntu.com (ftp or
> > > > http) don't cut the mustard. Neither do 2 day torrent downloads on my
> > > > 6MB/s broadband connection.
> > > >
> >
> > > The primary reason why they aren't mirrored is because of the amount of
> > > storage required (just mirroring the CDs is already quite a lot of space),
> > > but it's also worth noting that the DVD is not the best choice for most
> > > users.
> > >
> > > The CD is a much smaller download, and contains all of the default
> > > applications.  Installing from the DVD produces exactly the same result.
> > > The only difference is that the DVD contains additional non-default
> > > packages, which must be installed explicitly (add/remove etc.).
> >
> > For documentation purposes, let me point out that there are download
> > mirrors for the DVDs (on the "complete list of download locations and
> > other download options" page linked to from the bottom of the download
> > page), but because there are fewer mirrors and because we aren't able
> > to use the automatic mirror prober to check for the existence of the
> > DVD downloads, this page is updated manually, less frequently than the
> > CD download options. (At the time of Scott's original post though,
> > there may not have been any DVD mirrors listed yet)
> >
> > I've personally burned DVDs and as Matt said, there is no benefit for
> > someone like me with a good Internet connection. If there were a
> > tremendous benefit they'd be featured more prominently.
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