So Long, SuSE, We Hardly Knew Ye!

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 6 Nov 2006, Michael Hipp wrote:
> 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.

If what you say is true, then explain why there's been a DVD way back with 
warty, and how I can perform a kickstart based installation from the 
contents of the CD.

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