Fedora Core 2 Distribution Size
Jon Atkinson
jonathana at cleanstick.org
Fri Jan 2 18:56:40 UTC 2004
I think that it's not so much the size of the distribution (the more
software that is 'distribution certified' [included] the better,
right?), but the way that software is arranged on the disc images. It
would be nice to see the base system, kernel, X and gnome on the first
disc, with KDE, OpenOffice etc on disc 2, other software on disc 3.
This would eliminate a common problem I've had where I select my install
options, and I have to download and burn the whole third disc ISO just
so anaconda can fetch a single RPM from that disc. Very annoying, and a
waste of bandwidth :-/
It would be nice, when Fedora has matured a little (FC3/4?) to see a
higher level of support and promotion of the FTP install feature. I know
anaconda does support FTP installs, but there is very little in the way
of (obvious) documentation of this feature, and from what I've heard and
personal experience it is a little flaky. I am an ex-Debian user and I
liked the way I could burn a 50mb ISO and run the installer then fetch
packages from a local mirror. I know not everyone has DSL access, but a
large and growing number of people do, and I think it may soon be time
to rethink the ISO distribution model.
I'd really like to hear what everyone thinks about this, it's been
bugging me for a while now :-)
--Jon Atkinson
Steven Garrity wrote:
> Maurice F. Piller wrote:
> >Hi All,
> >Fedora Core 1 came out with 3 iso installation images. Has the size
> of the
> >Fedora Core 2 release been determined yet?
> >I would like to see more of an emphasis on the "Core" part of the
> project, it
> >would be nice if Fedora Core 2 could be released with just 1 or 2
> installation
> >CD images.
>
> There was talking of trimming the fat a while back. I'm not sure how
> feasible it would be, but consider this another voice asking to minimize
> the size. Two CDs instead of three would be a big improvement in
> convenience.
>
> Steven Garrity
>
>
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