So Long, SuSE, We Hardly Knew Ye!

Michael Hipp Michael
Mon Nov 6 16:23:32 PST 2006


Net Llama! 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?

Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Edubuntu has *always* been *one* CD. That has been a 
non-negotiable design criteria from the beginning.

So the question is, what did they add to fatten it out to a DVD? Here's the 
answer from the kubuntu.org website:

"The DVD contains both Live Desktop and Alternate installers, as well as the 
other packages in our main archive."

Michael




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