Received ShipIt CDs!

[Ouattara Aziz]

Nate a écrit :
> Ouattara Aziz wrote:
>> Alexander Skwar a écrit :
>>> Matthew East schrieb:
>>>
>>>> Only the desktop CD is shipped now because shipping two CDs was too
>>>> expensive. You'll have to download the alternative install cd.
>>
>>>
>>> Giving users the options to select between the two types would
>>> also be too expensive, wouldn't it? 
>>
>> is it ? I really thought it consists in just adding an option on the 
>> install procedure. Since all the packages they're based on are (seems 
>> to be) on the desktop cd. Or maybe I don't know anything about that ....
>>
> Eh... the alternate CD is somewhat different from the Desktop CD. The 
> Desktop CD's LiveCD functionality takes up space. Because the alternate 
> CD doesn't need to use up that space for LiveCD functionality, the 
> developers were able to put other useful things on there, like the 
> ability to recover an installation. Because of this different use of 
> extra space, the alternate CD  is better for some things (the heavy 
> linux user), while the desktop CD is better for others (the new person 
> who justs want to check this ubuntu thing out).
> 
Thank you! I may admit that I never tried the alternate cd :p .