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Michael Crute wrote:
> Why not replace the minimal livecd too? Just add an option to do 
> graphical or "expert" install when you boot the livecd. That would help 
> you guys not have to generate so many CD images plus you get the best of 
> both worlds. Pretty much the only thing you would do is dump people into 
> a terminal instead of starting X for an expert install, all the tools 
> would still be there. Anyhow... just my $0.02

Because 60MB is a lot less to download than 700MB.

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