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On Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:38:03 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 15/09/2026 10:08, Woozy Song wrote:
>> c186282 wrote:
>>> Remember when Linux used to be SMALL ???
>>>
>>>
>> Yes they used to make 'enterprise' linux that fitted on 1 DVD,
>> now bloat bloat bloat
> 
> It still does...
> Linux images/linuxmint-22.3-mate-64bit.iso 3.1 GB (3134275584 bytes)

SUSE Leap's offline installer is 4.2G. The largest iso I have is Omarchy 
at 5.9G. SUSE should still make it on a single layer DVD but not on a vfat 
formatted thumb drive. It does include 3 DEs.