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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Won't Fit On a CD
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."
does your penis feel larger now for stating all those spec's?
and um dumbfuck? Iceweasel and chromium runs fine on the current debian, which requires a 48 meg pentium, yes its dog slow but fine if you dont have a 96 core backhoe wolf clusterfuck rack system in your mom's basement.
On my workshop bench machine, which is a 300mhz powermac with 256 megs of ram, as long as I dont run into javabloat, the speed difference is really not noticable, as I am not running a fucking benchmark 24/7 to prove how big my dick is on slashdot.
for fucks sake, why do people think linux should work with hardware that is fucked? not just old but plain fucking broken? they never complain that windows doesnt work right when their optical drive is fucked, but when it linux, its linuxs' fault. If your dvd drive don't work no more get a fucking new one ya brokeass mf. A new internal drive is like $25 ffs! if you cant afford that go fucking dumpster diving.
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.