OT: What's the deal with Ubuntu?

[K. Richard Pixley]

THUFIR HAWAT wrote:

>why should any install of any distribution require more than one cd? 
>If most users are downloading either multiple cd or dvd .iso's, then
>they are wasting their time and bandwith unless they use everything on
>those downloads.
>
>all anyone needs is the "minimal," although, of course, what is and
>isn't minimal is contentious.  the rest should be installed with yum,
>or emerge, or foo, or whatever.
>
>Of course, my rant presuposes an internet connection.
>  
>
Your way would take me days to install.  With the info on 
cd/dvd/kickstart, it takes me 45 minutes to install.  Your way would 
prevent me from using fedora core and I'd need to move to some other 
distribution which actually made those extra bits available.

I do install everything.  It's only 6.5 gig these days and paying for 
those extra disk blocks is much easier than ever needing to go hunt for 
bits when I need them.  By installing everything, they're "just there" 
when I need them.  Much cheaper in the long run.

--rich