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ISO Size Creep (self.archlinux)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by bizzo to c/[email protected]
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2023.07.01 is listed at being 813.3 MB in size. This may just be me, but it feels like only a couple years ago it hit 600 MB, when it could still fit on a CD. It makes me wonder when we'll see it cross a gigabyte in size, and also which modern 64 bit distros can still fit on an actual disc.

Edit: The release information still states "The image can be burned to a CD", in fact it's the very first sentence.

Edit 2: As of 2020.08.01 the ISO size is over the CD-ROM Mode-1 limit.

If anyone is aware of a public forum where WIKI editors tend to hang out, this could be brought up for editing. Too busy to research or submit myself.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah last several times I used the iso it was to img a thumb drive. I might have a cd burner around here somewhere