Which images.

[gloomer]

I've decided on Debian Linux.

The thing is... I go to download the i386 arch, and it gives me a whole whack of CD iso's.

There are Netinst which I know I don't want.

There are the buisness thing which I know I don't want.

And then their are the binary things which are about 10 cd's.

Debian cannot be on 10 cd's.

Where are the on two or three iso's that I need to download.

It's very confuzzling.

Do you know what to download cuz I sure don't

[techieMoe]

If you have a decent internet connection you only need the first CD to get a working Debian install. You can install the rest using apt-get.

[gloomer]

I'm on Broadband and have a nice connection.

So I'll just grab the first binary cd and then use the apt-get command eh?

is it just apt-get, or are there any other commands.

[techieMoe]

I'm on Broadband and have a nice connection.

So I'll just grab the first binary cd and then use the apt-get command eh?

is it just apt-get, or are there any other commands.

Apt-get is a pretty robust command. The basic way you use it to install things is this:

apt-get update [this updates your list of available software]
apt-get install XXXXX [this will try to download and install XXXX program]

For more detailed information on apt-get, check here:

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/

We also have another member on the forum, antidrugue, who is pretty well versed in all things Debian. I'm sure he'll chime in with (perhaps) a more elegant way to do these things.

[gloomer]

Sweet. This is an extremely powerful command.

Windows has nothing like this.

Now the only thing I'm wondering is which image to download.

Should I grab the first binary cd?
This is what the mirrors say from the debian site.

Which ones to I grab.



File: debian-31r1-i386-binary-1.iso 653892 KB 12/20/2005 12:00:00 AM
File: debian-31r1-i386-binary-10.iso 660038 KB 12/20/2005 12:00:00 AM
File: debian-31r1-i386-binary-11.iso 658714 KB 12/20/2005 12:00:00 AM
File: debian-31r1-i386-binary-12.iso 656300 KB 12/20/2005 12:00:00 AM
File: debian-31r1-i386-binary-13.iso 652882 KB 12/20/2005 12:00:00 AM
File: debian-31r1-i386-binary-14.iso 378244 KB 12/20/2005 12:00:00 AM
File: debian-31r1-i386-binary-2.iso 655310 KB 12/20/2005 12:00:00 AM
File: debian-31r1-i386-binary-3.iso 657890 KB 12/20/2005 12:00:00 AM
File: debian-31r1-i386-binary-4.iso 659624 KB 12/20/2005 12:00:00 AM
File: debian-31r1-i386-binary-5.iso 657302 KB 12/20/2005 12:00:00 AM
File: debian-31r1-i386-binary-6.iso 656006 KB 12/20/2005 12:00:00 AM
File: debian-31r1-i386-binary-7.iso 657912 KB 12/20/2005 12:00:00 AM
File: debian-31r1-i386-binary-8.iso 660532 KB 12/20/2005 12:00:00 AM
File: debian-31r1-i386-binary-9.iso 658192 KB 12/20/2005 12:00:00 AM

[eraker]

To get a working system going, you only need the first disc. But if you're going to install programs you want via network anyway, why not just go with a netinst disc? It's a smaller download.

In addition, I would strongly recommend debian's "testing" version, "etch", which is supposed to be released as "stable" in a few days. The current stable version "sarge" is at this point somewhat old, and will come with an older kernel, and this means that hardware detection and drivers in etch will be better working. In addition, the etch installer is a little nicer, a little easier to use (in my opinion).

Here is the direct link to download the full first cd of etch:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/et...6-binary-1.iso
626 MB

and here's a link to download the net-install disc:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/et...86-netinst.iso
100-150 MB