On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 21:05:04 Marius Groenewald wrote: > Hi Alex, > > The only problem I have with a DVD is the amount of GB to download at once.
This was the primary reason I went back to separate CD images... > Some countries only have dial-up modems and others have caps on their > internet usage. I live in South Africa and most home users have 3GB caps > per month. One DVD contains 4.7GB, which is more than the 3GB cap. I would > prefer separate CDs, each with its own OS and Extras. I also agree that the > Linux ISO can be removed, as it is shipped with most Linux Distros. I will not be dropping the Linux builds. I personally use Mandriva (tried both Ubuntu and Kubuntu, and found them both to be a total pain in the nether regions). However, I do not (and will not) use the packages supplied with my distro, not least because they are always at least one release behind (frequently up to 3 releases behind), and they use a different build environment, which leads to issues which are not found in the standard (Sun provided) builds. I am not unique. There are many other Linux users who also do the same as I do, so for that reason alone I shall continue to provide Linux builds (both RPM and DEB) on the CDs. > I use > Kubuntu Linux myself and I find it easier to use the Adept Manager to > Update my Linux when newer versions are available, because it also takes > care of dependencies automatically. As does urpmi, Smart Package Manager (a Python-based front-end to urpmi and apt), Mandriva's RpmDrake (Perl-based front-end).... I actually have my download directory set as a repository, so all my installation tools (both command-line and graphical) can find and install any downloads I may do. In other words, I'm not limited to using remote, on-line repositories. > > Just another thing: > In my previous ISO download (2.3.0), the autorun (Windows OS) file pointed > to the wrong setup file (previous version). I corrected it myself by > extracting the ISO file, edited the autorun file, saved it, and re-created > the ISO image. That has been corrected in the 2.3.1 version.... :) > > Regards > Marius Groenewald > > >>> Alex Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2008/01/07 11:53 >>> > > On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:57:00 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Quoting Leo Byatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Hi Team what about starting using DVD's remember a lot of newer computers > > have DVD's. It is the older ones that do not for them spilt up the Os > > into windows and mac and the rest if newer should have DVD's. > > We looked at the question of a DVD about 3 releases ago. There was some > discussion on this list, I even created a DVD (which was designed in such a > way that it could easily be broken down into separate CDs if required). At > the time, the consensus was that we should stick with CD images. > > That said, if the CD distributors would prefer a DVD image, I'm more than > happy to build one. The only thing is the time it will take to upload it, > probably 24 hours or so. > > So there is another option - a single (large) DVD image, or several > (probably 4) separate CD images. > > Which is the preferred option? Over to you guys. -- Alex Fisher Co-Lead, CD-ROM Project OpenOffice.org Marketing Community Contact Australia/New Zealand http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/
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