So Long, SuSE, We Hardly Knew Ye!

[Myles Green]

On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 19:15:42 -0500 (EST)
Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> 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.

Yes but who needs all 20,000+ packages? I found I didn't need to add too
much to the 'stripped down' installation get the system ready for daily
use. I can understand someone on dial-up wanting to get the DVD shipped to
them though...

m~
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Myles Green
Geek by nature. Linux by choice.
Ubuntu 6.10