On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 16:00 -0500, Joe Terranova wrote: > >> As it is, compiz is tried, and Ubuntu falls back on Metacity if it > >> doesn't work. So if they don't have the "hardware", they'll use > >> Metacity. > > > That's good, but why even include compiz in the first place? Doesn't it just > > take up extra space that could be used for something more useful (isn't > > there a problem with keeping Ubuntu small enough to fit onto a CD?) > > Compiz doesn't actually take up very much space from what it looks. > From a cursory look at package sizes, a few megs.
A few megs can be enough to get other things in. For example, on ubuntu-devel, someone is asking about having network-manager-vpnc (which requires vpnc) and network-manager-pptp installed by default, all of which would be able to fit if only a few megs were freed up. -- Mackenzie Morgan http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com apt-get moo -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
