I think that we'll get there at some point and I want a place to track our thoughts. * We could distribute only USB images for virtual machines. It requires not-too-complicated magic on the command line for VirtualBox. (#18054) * DVD represented 5% of WhisperBack reports in 2019/2020. * In June 2020, ISO images represented: - 4% of downloads when compairing /install/download and /install/download-iso - 29% of downloads across all download scenarios, including 17% on /install/vm-download * I don't think that any of our personas would ever prefer a DVD over a USB stick. # Prioritization The benefits are not big enough to initiate this project for its own sake. So we're waiting until we have another reason to do this, e.g. tails/tails#18086. # Benefits - No more #18045+ - Dropping a bunch of pages and code on our website - Less disk space required on mirrors - Faster CI: reproducible build & test jobs need to download half less data - Slightly simpler & faster release process ⇒ lowers time to mitigation a bit # To Do * [ ] tails/tails#16906+s * [ ] tails/tails#18054+s * [ ] Adjust test suite, which uses ISO images most of the time * beneficial side effect: this unlocks tails/tails#17495 * [ ] Adjust IUK build code, which uses ISO images