[indiana-discuss] Space considerations for the Live CD

[Anil Gulecha]

On 1/10/08, John Hawk <johnthawk at excite.com> wrote:
> Isn't this issue muted by the simple fact that if it is available via IPS we can just download it.
> So maybe the real question should be what is crucial to a base system. Under those circumstances I can download gimp and have a pre-configured java environment
> which at times can be a pain.

Along with whats crucial to a base system, we should consider what
would be better on a LiveCD, which will be used a lot of times for
recovery. In this regard, there is a larger audience that would browse
the net from a LiveCD and will run across Java somewhere, than those
who would bootup for photo editing.

+1 for JRE

~Anil