Kyle wrote: > John Kasunich wrote: >> Andy Holcomb wrote: >>> How much HD space is required to install the live version? >>> >> Three gigs or so... >> >> Regards, >> >> John Kasunich >> > > It's really too bad the LiveCD can't be trimmed down to better fit in a > smaller space. Do I really need Office software and games on my EMC > controller?
That is another of those "can't possibly please everybody" things. These days, 3 gig is a very small hard disk (try buying anything smaller than 40G at your local computer store). Yes, it would be possible to strip it down, but that means more effort for the guy who builds the CD, and more difference between the CD and stock Ubuntu. We don't want to build and maintain a complete custom distro, we just want to make it easy for folks to run EMC. If we keep it as close as possible to a stock distro, we minimize the number of problems that come up. The people who are most likely to really want a trimmed down distro are also the kind of people who will never agree about exactly what should be on it. Fortunately, they also tend to be the people who can do the trimming themselves. > I don't know the limits Ubuntu places on > repackaging/repurposing their distribution though. Ubuntu is almost entirely Free software. Not free as in "free beer", but Free as in freedom. Free software means you are free to change it to suit your needs. I think the only restriction is that you can't call your extensively modified version "Ubuntu". Really small installs are a niche market. We would be more than happy to host an iso for a really light weight install if somebody would contribute it. But developer effort is a limited resource, and most if it is going to be focused on more mainstream needs. Regards, John Kasunich ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
