Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Wow - Oracle Linux - 10+ Gigabyte ISO ! Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 21:32:20 +0200 Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <118b1tm$29o5v$1@dont-email.me> <118boor$2iekn$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net n7qxM8KkU63CT/e2TnqEAQinJIVidLGj59cn1yNd4SA9Kmntfz Cancel-Lock: sha1:9a2jet+5RvfLrwD4qbNy7xp4+7E= sha256:d25f75JxluSsmSCUlXe24LJmOfjbtqtnQ/SwZdgk308= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:91501 On 2026-09-15 19:21, rbowman wrote: > 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. It works fine in a fat formatted thumb drive, because the installation process destroys the format and uses its own instead. Who is using a fat stick to save isos today, anyway? Not Linux users. Use exfat at least. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.