Size limits for images in xenial and beyond?

Tim tim at feathertop.org
Mon May 2 08:51:29 UTC 2016


Hi Jordan,

On 02/05/16 18:03, JMZ wrote:
> Hi, (sorry never posted here)
>
> I don't really see what's wrong with >2GB images.  8GB and 16GB flash drives can be easily got for $5-$10 usd at the most, even free (promos,
> swag, etc).  It's not an undue burden to expect users to find a thumb drive to load up an ubuntu flavor.  Much ado, methinks.
>
> Jordan
I think the general complaint, atleast from Ubuntu GNOME community is the download sizes of the images. Some users in various parts of the world
are still stuck with incredibly poor internet speeds.

Tim



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