Does Debian require 14 ISO downloads

[gtmtnbiker98]

Currently a SuSE user seeking to experiment with Debian. When looking at the distro sites, I noticed that there are 14 ISO's available for download - this is huge. Am I missing something or what? Surely Debian doesn't require all 14 ISO's!

[vidd]

you do not need all 14 disks....
if you have a braodband connection, you can download the net install (100M) and install everything via the internet!
Go HERE for the links

[oz]

No, you don't need all of them to install. Most of them are just extra software.

If you'll do a netinstall, you'll only need the base install ISO, or you can go even smaller with the businesscard ISO.

[oz]

oops... vidd has a quicker ENTER key than me.

[gtmtnbiker98]

Thanks for the info, I didn't realize that a net install existed. I may find an extra box at work and install Debian; however, it may prove a bit difficult to shy away from SuSE. SuSE is the first distro that I actually feel comfortable. By the way, how well does Webmin work with Debian? I rely heavily on Webmin to setup my Samba servers. User management is just way too easy using Webmin and it is a must have for me.

[oz]

Here ya go...

http://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst

Have fun with it!

[Zelmo]

Webmin probably works as well for Debian as for any other distro (I've only tried it in Debian, so I can't say for sure how it compares to Distro X, but it works).