4.7GB for a regular single layer DVD. Most of my data
DVDs here are of that type.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd
There are dual layer discs, and I bought a five pack of those once.
They take a while to burn the whole thing.
I don't know why the burnmeister of those Linux distros, makes
them so big. Most Linux environments have a Package
Manager, where you can add software after your basic
installation. For example, I could do without every
damn Linux distro having LibreOffice or OpenOffice included
on it. That's the kind of thing I'd want to download later.
I think to date, the largest distro I downloaded, was slightly
bigger than 4GB (about 4.3GB). You want your Windows partition to be NTFS,
if you happen to be downloading that one, due to the
4GB file size limit on FAT32. Don't download anything
truly huge over broadband, if you're on a FAT32 partition.
In some cases, your download tool keeps a temporary file on
the C: drive, and it can "overflow". A 1.6GB download
would not be a problem with a FAT32 C: .
Paul
My laptop is a NTFS. I really only use that thing for WIFI downloads,
so it dont matter. When I get home, I put all the stuff on a flash
drive or USB harddrive for storage.
However I dont know if I'd even try to DL anything that big, even at a
WIFI. It tooks me about 45 min to DL the Puppy linux installer. I
normally get 200 to 300 BPS at the fastest WIFI in town (a fast food
rest). The library is slower.
I looked at the contents of that PcLinux distro, and it has lots of
stuff, including the latest firefox. It does have that "installer"
program built in. I was playing with that on my PcLinux CD from 2007.
That came with Firefox 2.x (pretty old, since I run FF 3.x on my Win98
machine (the limit which works) Kernal-EX says I can run up to ver 8.x.
I tried it, it wont work properly, nor will even ver 5.x.
Anyhow, Puppy lacks that installer. You use it like it cmes from the
package, and that's it. There are ways to add stuff, (for the teckie
types), but that is all way beyond me. This is one reason I think I'
may almopst prefer PcLinux, but to install it becomes another problem,
since I said it wants to create partitions and stuff. Not to mention, I
just cant see trying to DL 1.6G, even at the fastest WIFI in town. I'd
estimate that to take at least 5 hours, and I can almost guarantee there
will be a disconnect from the WIFI somewhere during the process. When I
was DLing Puppy, I got disconnected from the WIFI at about 95% complete.
So, I had to start all over with the DL. (which pissed me off). And
even if I did DL it, I have no CD brrner, much less a DVD burner.
I'm not all that serious about Linux. If I was, I'd probably just buy
the installer DVD. But Puppy lets me play with it, without screwing up
my computer, so I'll stick with that. There is one thing I like in
PcLinux, even this old version of it, has a feature I never seen in any
windows program. When I mouse over any MP4 file in my collection of
saved youtube videos, the sound begins playing from within the video,
before I even open it. I just found that by accident, and thought it
was pretty cool!
