On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 11:29:49AM -0600, Joe Nall wrote:
>
> On Jan 31, 2009, at 11:22 AM, Josh Boyer wrote:
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>> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 05:12:18PM +0100, drago01 wrote:
>>> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Jan Kratochvil
>>> <jan.kratochvil(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:57:50 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote:
>>>>> But our live images are already heavily size-constrained.
There's
>>>>> definitely
>>>>> no room for multiple kernels on the KDE live image, and I don't
>>>>> think the
>>>>> GNOME image has any room left either.
>>>>
>>>> Was already discussed the requirement of CDs nowadays? Even the
>>>> oldest
>>>> computers already have DVD and I miss more a fully-featured
>>>> LiveDVD 5GB spin.
>>>
>>> Well for x86_64 we can/should do this.
>>> Good luck on finding a x86_64 computer/laptop without a DVD drive.
>>
>>
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/ca...
>>
>> Note that while a DVD drive is an option, it does not come with one
>> by default and it costs $225.00 extra. It took me 30 seconds to
>> find that machine. I'm sure there are more.
>
> I think that is a poor example for this discussion since it doesn't have
> a CD option at all. The link is to a laptop with no optical media. The
> only media choice is a DVD burner.
You can think whatever you like. The assertion was that all x86_64
machines have a CD/DVD drive and that is very much not the case.
Well lets change this "all x86_64 hardware with optical drives" ...
because it does not matter for such a machine if we use a CD or a DVD.