[ubuntu-za] Edubuntu

[Charl Wentzel]

On Thu, 2010-01-14 at 14:47 +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote:
> Hi Charl
> 
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Charl Wentzel
> <charl.wentzel at vodamail.co.za> wrote:
> > I'm busy downloading Edubuntu 9.10 for a friend and got a shock when I
> > noticed that it is now a 3.3GB DVD download.  I've rather enjoyed the
> > fact that Ubuntu downloads have always been CD-sized.
> >
> > Despite the band-width shock, I'm quite interested in what they've added
> > to make it such a sizeable download.  Anybody using it that could fill
> > me in?  I assume it is no longer just an add-on CD... DVD?

> Lucid will include more packages but once the alternate install
> section is dropped the total size should be under 2GB at least. The
> current situation is definitely less than ideal but it will certainly
> get better.
> 
Thanks for the info Jonathan.  It sounds good.  Good luck with your work
on Lucid.