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100GB is cheap to store, but it's not cheap to download, for you or for the distributor. (At least, if everyone does it.) With free software, load-on-demand mak
by FeepingCreature 11y ago
100GB is cheap to store, but it's not cheap to download, for you or for the distributor. (At least, if everyone does it.) With free software, load-on-demand makes way more sense - if you need a purely local install, buy a DVD set.
- chubot 11y agoWell, BitTorrent pretty much solved this problem a decade ago. I imagine that you can download a base image, and then have a torrent sync in the background. Most people have 100 GB free on their hard disk indefinitely these days, so why not?
- tomjen3 11y agoThat used to be true, but I rather not waste 100gb of my SSD in case I wanted the source code to VIM.