Re: Distribution

[Fredrik Liljegren <eof@hem.utfors.se>]

>>One nice thing regarding the Mandrake distribution is that you can
>download an image file of the whole install CD.  This is a bootable disk
>therefore once you burn the copy you are ready to install the
>distribution as long as your computer can boot off CDs.  I hope this
>idea catches on in the linux world.  The only drawback of this is the
>file size is rather large ( >500 MB ), therefore a fast internet
>connection is beneficial.

Yes, buying a CD is often less expensive if you don't have a free
connection.

Downloading CD-image goes for Debian also, only the main distribution
is on 2 cd's, that is over 1 GB to download...

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