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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] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity, do you install via CD and if you do, why?

[–] bizzo 8 points 1 year ago

I do not, I have no use case for it. I do however find the transition significant enough to notice. There's no going back. Also, for accuracy's sake, perhaps the mentioning of CDs in the release information and image preparation guides should be examined.

[–] [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