Fedora Weighs Dropping Release Criteria For DVD Optical Media
Fedora Weighs Dropping Release Criteria For DVD Optical Media
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Fedora Weighs Dropping Release Criteria For DVD Optical Media
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I mean I still use the iso attached to a virtual cd-rom to create virtual machines
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Yeah but that's not limited to physical DVD size constraints.
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So boot floppies are right out?
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And so are other derivatives. No cardoard either.
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Damn it, on the very day my DVD burner arrived, right after the weekend when I switched to Fedora Atomic Sway. Oh this universe.
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This doesn't mean Fedora will not boot from DVDs anymore, it means any optical media bug won't stop new Fedora release, any related bug will be squashed like any other regular bug after release
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Thanks for the reply, I was mainly joking. The burner will be used for purposes other than burning Fedora images, but I found it funny how it all came together yesterday.
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They say the best time to burn a DVD is 20 years ago. Next best time is today.
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I think 20 years ago is about the last time I used a DVD
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Well if they could get it to fit on a mini-dvd or a CD then nothing would be lost but I guess pre-UEFI systems are slowly going to be abandoned. (Guess coreboot community needs more funding)
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Don't forget that a lot of people still prefers legacy BIOS, even on modern system.
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But most of those should support booting from USB devices.
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Besides the corrections others have said, I really can’t think of any reason people would intentionally use legacy BIOS on a machine with UEFI for a new install.
Like, I could get doing it for an old install - I know someone who installed Windows 7 in 2015 on their then-new desktop build and later upgraded to 10 but is stuck on legacy BIOS for now with that machine because 7 only ran on that.
I could see something similarly jank happening to someone in the Linux world and then decide not to address it for “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it reasons”, but certainly not for no reason.
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I think I've actually touched CD/DVD for the last time in 2012/2013... I should be fine
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You're talking about hats, right?
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It's probaly not needed at this point. You can get flash drives crazy cheap.
Any computer that meets the minimum requirements for Fedora will support booting from USB. The only reason left to boot from a DVD is if you need read only media for security purposes.
Or you know, MP3s on DVD for the car.