John Kasunich wrote: > 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 >
I appreciate the replies. I currently have a very hard drive constricted setup. I have 4 free computers and I had to use two drives to get EMC to install. I also understand most drives are larger these days, you can't please everyone, and there are more important things to worry about than install size of a distro such as the work you guys do to improve EMC. Kyle ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
