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    [–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    I'll bite, I don't mind making an ass out of myself.

    I've done installs of linux where the fact the internet connection was shit slowed it down. why is the fucking ·iso 4gb if it still needs shit from the internet?

    [–] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    the usual suspect is updates of all those packages since the iso was published..

    [–] nodiratime@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

    To add to that: Some years ago, "remixing" installation/ive isos was kinda popular (changing defaults, installing software etc.). The first step was to bring the system up to date. After that, the actual installation process only downloaded small, incremental changes (depending on how long you waited).

    [–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

    That's still rule of thumb on Windows. Push the updates into the install media in advance and save the trouble later. Guess since Linux updates tend to be easier they just stopped?