So Long, SuSE, We Hardly Knew Ye!

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 6 Nov 2006, Myles Green wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 18:57:33 -0500 (EST)
> Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 6 Nov 2006, Michael Hipp wrote:
>>> Bruce Marshall wrote:
>>>> Ok, what's the best way to get a copy of kunbuntu??  I'd rather not
>>>> download the whole thing unless it can be done in chunks...  Would
>>>> rather get a DVD or CD's.
>>>>
>>>> (another disgruntled SuSE user)
>>>
>>> Download it here:
>>>   http://www.kubuntu.org/download.php
>>>     (note that Kubuntu is only *one* CD.)
>>
>> Really?  Ubuntu is a DVD, so what did they cut out of Kubuntu to get it
>> on one CD?
>
> Really? I installed Ubuntu from a CD .iso image downloaded from the Ubuntu
> site. Look again, it's there...

Yes, its there, but when you install off the CD, you get a stripped down 
version of the OS, or it grabs additional packages off the internet.  I 
discovered this little secret when hacking through Ubuntu's poor attempt 
at kickstart support.

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