Hi everyone,
This is just a general question, but I am interested in different points of view. I read about some people installing openSUSE from the live CD, and others installing openSUSE from the install DVD. I have only done installations from the install DVD, whether they were upgrades or clean installs.
So my question is, what is the advantage and why do people do an installation from the live CD? I have used a live CD or a live USB boot stick for various things from time to time (usually testing), so I am very curious as to why someone would want to use that to do an installation. I know there is an installation option on the boot menu.
It just seems that there is just a ton more software available on the install DVD than on the live CD, although of course it would always be possible to set up the repositories and do a full system update. And now with openSUSE 12.2, the installation from the DVD doesn't take more than about 15 minutes, at least on the different machines I have made the installations on.
On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:03:33 +0800 George Olson grglsn765@gmail.com wrote:
So my question is, what is the advantage and why do people do an installation from the live CD?
Which way has advantage mainly depends on time passed after release day, and to minor extent on type of Internet connection one has.
Linux distros accumulate updates fast, so after few months there will be couple hundreds MB of updates. Using DVD at that time means double download. Once DVD versions of software, and right after installation updates. In other words DVD makes sense after release day, but as time is passing it is losing advantage.
Also, there is another factor - testing. Majority of Factory testers don't download DVD, but use either Live or NET install iso, most likely "burned" to USB memory stick for installation on physical machine, or even more often install iso directly in virtual machine. In other words, those versions are better tested then DVD.
On Sat, 2012-12-15 at 09:03 +0800, George Olson wrote:
Hi everyone,
This is just a general question, but I am interested in different points of view. I read about some people installing openSUSE from the live CD, and others installing openSUSE from the install DVD. I have only done installations from the install DVD, whether they were upgrades or clean installs.
So my question is, what is the advantage and why do people do an installation from the live CD? I have used a live CD or a live USB boot stick for various things from time to time (usually testing), so I am very curious as to why someone would want to use that to do an installation. I know there is an installation option on the boot menu.
It just seems that there is just a ton more software available on the install DVD than on the live CD, although of course it would always be possible to set up the repositories and do a full system update. And now with openSUSE 12.2, the installation from the DVD doesn't take more than about 15 minutes, at least on the different machines I have made the installations on.
The install DVD is just a step-in-between. The online repository (no, not the OBS) holds about five times more packages than the DVD. So you can also wonder: why not a single architecture dual-layer, dual-sided DVD that also act as live media...
Wasn't that a thread some months ago?
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On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 10:50:46 +0100 Hans Witvliet suse@a-domani.nl wrote:
So you can also wonder: why not a single architecture dual-layer, dual-sided DVD that also act as live media...
Promo DVD is of that kind. It is dual architecture, dual layer (dual sided) that acts as Live media.
Problem is that for download it will double size of download to 9+ GB. With my current Internet access I can download a DVD iso of 4+ GB in 20 minutes, but how many have such access.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/2375159252.png
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