BIIG Debain...

[chris-harry]

Wow, i must say... WOW!!

i went to the download page for the newest debian, great number 4... and found out that i need to download 21 cd's... WOW!! is that big or what... please dont get me wrong, i am not trying to bag out debian for being so... well... LAARGE... because i love debian, i keep on coming back to it after i have tried other distro's, and i even have it constantly installed on my other computer (which is an old dying laptop)... techniqually it was the first linux distro i installed (because i was using knoppix, and thats debian based... well, after failing installing that properly... i installed debian)...

well, now i might get strait to the point instead of shooting off like i always do...

Why is it so large... why do i have to download all that (because i will... just you watch me)... i mean whats on all of those cds, is there a list where i can see whats on the different cd's...

thanks for reading what i have to say and question... :P

btw... just realised this after i posted... i kinda spelt debian wrong... sorry... typo... :P

[daark.child]

I have never used the entire cd set. I usually use the netinstall cd to make a minimal install and then use apt-get to install the packages I need from the net. I think the cd or dvd sets are good for those that do not have an internet connection or those with slow connections.

[chris-harry]

ah, see i fit in the catagory with person with unreliable internet at the moment... :P so yeah, leatching off the uni's wireless.. aka, downloading them all at uni... HAHA!! great fun..

i did net install a while ago with my laptop, but now that i have a computer that can read cd's (because my laptop cant, its that old... :P) i have decided to download everything just for ease and also, because then i will have all the packages... and dont need to download anymore, only need to update... :P

but seriously, many other distro's have most 6-8 cd's... and debian has 21... WOW!!! thats a lot of packages... :P someone at debian must of thought "gee... why dont we put every package in there under the sun..."

i would buy the cd's... buuut... no $$$, seriously... not even $5

[iwanabeguru]

Use the dvd set its only 3 dvds

[chris-harry]

would if i actually had a spare dvd rom... :P

but then again, still... 3 dvd's for an OS, is HUGE!!!

[oz]

and debian has 21... WOW!!! thats a lot of packages... :P someone at debian must of thought "gee... why dont we put every package in there under the sun..."

Yep, that's basically the case, but even if you had all the CDs/DVDs, it's very unlikely that you'd install all the packages.

The netinstall is really the best way to go but if you don't have a fast connection to the web, it's not a feasible option. I'm not sure if there's any kind of mini-sets of Debian available on CD/DVD, or not.