On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Thomas Bächler <thomas@archlinux.org> wrote:
Although, we could make the point that 1) You can burn the image onto a DVD, which is not much more expensive than a CD nowadays. 2) Most people will put it on USB anyway.
So the 700MB limit could possibly be dropped - what is everyone's opinion on that?
yes! ... though i always use netinstall + local mirror ... but still :-) none of my mobiles even *have* CDROMs. my in-home server built ~3-5 years ago has two DVD burners ... i haven't used either one of them ONCE ... so yes even 5 years ago CDROM was on the wayside. to be fair i've hated CDs with a passion since the day i learned of them -- absolute junk compared to hardy cartridge-like devices -- it's as if they are designed to fail! a self-preserving industry like automobiles! :-) on a more serious note -- i just bought an 8GB class 4 microSD card last night on clearance for $10 at a local department store with a USB adaptor ... CD is dead dead dead. put it to rest people! -- C Anthony