On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 01:01:29PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
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>
>Hey,
>
>For a number of years, we've been linking to the amd64/i386 netinst
>installer image from the front page. I think it's time to just switch
>that to just an amd64 image for stretch now. The
On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 03:12:54PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 13:41:31 +, Holger Levsen
> wrote:
> >On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 09:38:29AM -0400, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
> >> Personally, I would only ever download a DVD image if I was on a *slow*
> >>
On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 17:39:42 -0500, Gunnar Wolf
wrote:
>I'll chime in to what others have said. I think DVD images should not
>be the default/main download venue. Even though the careful package
>ordering by (alleged?) popularity, I am sure a great deal of Debian
>installs use
On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 13:41:31 +, Holger Levsen
wrote:
>On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 09:38:29AM -0400, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
>> Personally, I would only ever download a DVD image if I was on a *slow*
>> connection and knew that I had to install to multiple machines.
>
>still
On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 06:43:46PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Jun 2017, Adam Borowski wrote:
> > No one installs i386 new -- machines that are non-amd64-capable are:
> > * mainstream machines from 2004 and earlier
>
> That date is incorrect. I can't give you a precise
I'll chime in to what others have said. I think DVD images should not
be the default/main download venue. Even though the careful package
ordering by (alleged?) popularity, I am sure a great deal of Debian
installs use under half of the packages provided by the first DVD (and
many that are not
On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 06:43:46PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Jun 2017, Adam Borowski wrote:
> > No one installs i386 new -- machines that are non-amd64-capable are:
> > * mainstream machines from 2004 and earlier
>
> That date is incorrect. I can't give you a precise
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(answering only to said list)
> Hey,
Hiya,
> For a number of years, we've been linking to the amd64/i386 netinst
> installer image from the front page. I think it's time to just switch
> that to just an amd64 image for stretch now. The vast majority of the
>
On Tue, 06 Jun 2017, Adam Borowski wrote:
> No one installs i386 new -- machines that are non-amd64-capable are:
> * mainstream machines from 2004 and earlier
That date is incorrect. I can't give you a precise date, but the
Thinkpad T43 with a 32-bit Centrino Pentium-M was **launched** in
On Jun 06, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> For a number of years, we've been linking to the amd64/i386 netinst
> installer image from the front page. I think it's time to just switch
> that to just an amd64 image for stretch now. The vast majority of the
> machines out there are now
On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 01:01:29PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> For a number of years, we've been linking to the amd64/i386 netinst
> installer image from the front page. I think it's time to just switch
> that to just an amd64 image for stretch now. The vast majority of the
> machines out there
On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 09:38:29AM -0400, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
> Personally, I would only ever download a DVD image if I was on a *slow*
> connection and knew that I had to install to multiple machines.
still then, I would rather use netinst plus a proxy…
--
cheers,
Holger
On Jun 06 2017, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> I'm *also* tempted to switch from the netinst to the first DVD image
> instead - network connections have improved a lot.
Why is that relevant? Is installing+downloading the DVD image faster
than downloading netint + installing from
On 06/06/17 13:01, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> For a number of years, we've been linking to the amd64/i386 netinst
> installer image from the front page. I think it's time to just switch
> that to just an amd64 image for stretch now.
Seems sensible.
> I'm *also* tempted to switch from the netinst
On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 8:01 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> For a number of years, we've been linking to the amd64/i386 netinst
> installer image from the front page.
Seems reasonable, perhaps with a small link for other options.
> I'm *also* tempted to switch from the netinst to the first DVD
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Hey,
For a number of years, we've been linking to the amd64/i386 netinst
installer image from the front page. I think it's time to just switch
that to just an amd64 image for stretch now. The vast majority of the
machines out there are now amd64, and we're
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