On 29 September 2010 19:28, Robert Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > My take on this is that I would much rather download a large ISO because I > often end up installing on multiple machines and it makes it much nicer and > easier if there are a large number of packages at install time. >
Biggest iso size = ~4.3GB; I don't think they should opt for double-layer DVD's just yet, wouldn't you say? not everyone has a DL DVD drive... > One thing that puts me off trying Fedora is that they're all CD ISOs and I > love that Mandriva does such a complete install with its DVD ISO. > FWIW Fedora has a DVD http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-options#formats (one for 32bit and one for 64bit). P.S. Please don't top-post when sending emails to mailing lists: http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Mailing_lists_Etiquette_%28Rules%29#Bottom_Post > If you want the smaller download with Mandriva you can download One. > > On 29/09/10 17:16, Ahmad Samir wrote: >> >> DVD disc sizes will always be a limiting factor, i.e. you can't fit >> the whole main repo on one single DVD; and multiple DVD's means more >> initial download size when (e.g. 2x4GB ISO's or more). Also note that >> if you're installing e.g. KDE4, then all the GNOME packages on those >> iso's are useless to you. >> > -- Ahmad Samir
