-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 08/10/2014 02:39 PM, Kees de Jong wrote:
> Why are we discussing CD/DVD sizes? Why not just use an USB > netinstall? It's then possible to download and install the stuff you > need, if you don't want to use a lot of bandwidth then choose no > desktop environment or XFCE/LXDE. But if you can spare some more time > then you can install GNOME/KDE. Seems like a good deal. And USB > sticks are cheaper (also easier to reuse) so I don't get the 'hurting > developing countries' argument. With netinst, you incur the bandwidth cost at install time, once for every install. With a larger install image which includes all the packages needed for a more comprehensive install (whether CD, DVD or otherwise), you incur the bandwidth cost up once front, and then never again (until it's time to update to a new install-image version anyway). If you're only going to do one install, then yes, the netinst image probably makes more sense for a bandwidth-limited environment. But if you're going to do multiple installs, using one of the larger and more comprehensive prebuilt install images almost certainly makes more sense than using netinst. - -- The Wanderer Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny. A government exists to serve its citizens, not to control them. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJT6AhUAAoJEASpNY00KDJrn7wQAKwL0NtO1eyDinasWL0UkOhG QVgLjlkWLrOdnQFYOl+YT9EsOT79Jmip8Ym2ySQid/DG6UpSDgP0eOf9owqZeZ8Y /ARaNdkP1e6//k49XvhQFetTDPOCBvNMucRvPljK3UJdj5E4yu+UhrffYez89Wfk lPauNO6mUUPpmkCuwsNeQ0Z5b6tPw1VaMovuBFP2fshBMXW/4aWyGUBibdzkqhYO Qwj6NKBj78liaSJAWFFxw92HSYbLzs6uGTlW7f9tPPw5Mv5BRdB0d6yN2cdCf391 RUzcFVgudnUzq8st9Kf0vrvbnnTtEoV1oIqDfAN4mzmF3Psh7b6lMjaH2h5F+n+V 1GNmjoco8gE0U1gZvb9KdcTFNzYv7jnISVx6vHK7mOY6UJts/GRpM8dW8Pps7WET 9aPDc6JwdI5+/IiBHn/5mf3moFFbLMZTI41aX9jSawoHNPC9hkcC3VeXYc+hxyZS ABWU2GswFTy+R8u9QO1AsqgVoV9K5RsyeQK9O+yKTVWgcy5bXOt4r5SbzVmJrDLN tAA3jIn9HBtLVp4I8KJWFg0c89uPENRqgQkIq7iAGIy6dsASGFctRAMUsxEilp2E 1iDqGpKRRIiDbzQonSJ7LwSV+TqDqHEnU9dUm7OB4yqcgVVd5+Dw8w59dJ0VIkJR 5Copesh0itb2ucAX9Kjd =/d+b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53e80854.8030...@fastmail.fm