From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Manolis Ragkousis Subject: Re: Iso image size Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 11:14:59 +0200 Message-ID: <587284b6-810d-7d6e-bd26-640f6afd02c6@gmail.com> References: <20171208083744.tstydd574siv5ik4@abyayala> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48850) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eNEkO-00049F-N2 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Dec 2017 04:15:09 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eNEkJ-0008Dg-Nv for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Dec 2017 04:15:08 -0500 Received: from mail-wm0-x241.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c09::241]:42594) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eNEkJ-0008DV-HB for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Dec 2017 04:15:03 -0500 Received: by mail-wm0-x241.google.com with SMTP id l141so2215579wmg.1 for ; Fri, 08 Dec 2017 01:15:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20171208083744.tstydd574siv5ik4@abyayala> Content-Language: English & Greek List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: ng0 Cc: Guix-devel 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. 2) It's easier to find a cheap cd/dvd player than a cheap bluray player. Manolis