So Long, SuSE, We Hardly Knew Ye!

[Michael Hipp]

Net Llama! wrote:
> 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.

Wrongo. The CD is the real deal and the whole deal. I've often install Ubuntu 
with no net connection whatsoever (a hackish way to force it to use a static 
IP addr). The DVD image is a johnny-come-lately probably for people with a 
poor net connection.

Michael