From: ng0 <ng0@n0.is>
To: Manolis Ragkousis <manolis837@gmail.com>
Cc: Guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Iso image size
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 09:34:50 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171208093450.hvlkda6eqzsqtkgl@abyayala> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <587284b6-810d-7d6e-bd26-640f6afd02c6@gmail.com>
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Manolis Ragkousis transcribed 0.4K bytes:
> Hello,
>
> On 12/08/2017 10:37 AM, ng0 wrote:
> > So why focus on the artifical size of optical disks, especially a
> > format that has been considered old by most if not all other distros
> > above the size of tiny distros?
> >
> > If this may sound like harsh criticism: I'm only curious.
> >
>
> 2 things come to my mind:
>
> 1) cds are still cheaper than dvds or blurays.
I believe you. Then this would be a classic case of
regional differences. I got strange looks last time I wanted
to buy raw CDs and a CDR/CDRW burner (or even CD-only player).
DVD is the closest thing to CD here, they go for what CDs used to
be sold here.
> 2) It's easier to find a cheap cd/dvd player than a cheap bluray player.
>
> Manolis
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-08 9:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-08 7:06 Iso image size Gábor Boskovits
2017-12-08 8:37 ` ng0
2017-12-08 9:07 ` ng0
2017-12-08 9:14 ` Manolis Ragkousis
2017-12-08 9:34 ` ng0 [this message]
2017-12-11 9:23 ` Ludovic Courtès
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