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Re:Introducing Xubuntu core by akhilcacharya on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @03:07AM (#9529979)
Exactly what I was thinking. Did Ubuntu stop shipping their OS's on 700 meg CDs? When did that happen?
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Re:Introducing Xubuntu core by exprL on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @04:19AM (#9530209)
A couple of years ago.
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Re:Introducing Xubuntu core by josteink on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @04:28AM (#9530241)
If that is true, the message on this page is hilarious:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/

I quote: "Warning: This image is oversized (which is a bug) and will not fit onto a standard 703MiB CD. However, you may still test it using a DVD, a USB drive, or a virtual machine."

I guess it's not a high-priority bug then :)

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Re:Introducing Xubuntu core by listic on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @04:57AM (#9530355)
Tangentially, there are still netinstall (mini.iso) and Lubuntu Alternate images (which allow to install a basic command-line system and go from there) with a text-based installer which DO fit on a CD.
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