Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Won't Fit On a CD

Posted by timothy on Friday November 4, 2011 @04:19PM from the or-on-a-floppy-disk dept.

gbl08ma writes "According to various sources, the ISO image size for the upcoming Long-Term Support Ubuntu version 'Precise Pangolin' will not fit on a regular CD, since the image size is expected to weigh around 750MB instead of the usual ~700MB. The idea is that users should either flash the image to a USB flash drive or burn it to a DVD. The extra room on the disc image could allow for integration of more GNOME3 components and Canonical applications. There was also a proposal to use a 1.5GB DVD image as the default download for Ubuntu 12.04."

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Re:4GB USB drives are $2.48, who cares? by SexyKellyOsbourne · 2011-11-04 18:50 · Score: 1, Troll

Very well then, we'll argue about more pocket change.
Discounting shipping, I've seen piles of 4GB drives selling at $4 at Walgreens on clearance, which with tax would be $5.
Either way, USB drives are dirt cheap and have been for years. I'm also a bit wary of the notion that malware will infest a USB drive formatted on ext3 because you were careless enough to use your $5 drive to transfer photos to a pharmacy, instead of reserving another stick for that purpose.