I think that the argument for keeping the iso size to less that 700MiB to provide a CD fittable size for older machines its not relevant, Xubuntu has already dropped the Alternate iso, and we foster the idea of using the mini iso to install xubuntu on older machines. I understand the problem with bigger size might be more packages to mantain and more complexity for the future, but there could be devised a way to mantain the packages count low, but allow to breath space for new versions and small changes that are needed. I don't agree to install LibreOffice by default though, even when it does have better print management than Abiword, because it would add lots of complexity to the ISO. -- Bruno.-