Re: [Pkg-xfce-devel] Reverting to GNOME for jessie's default desktop
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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.
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The Wanderer
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