-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 09:35:44AM +1100, Phillip Thorpe wrote: > ok thanks Roberto! > That is awesome, I have been using Slackware for a few years > now(and will continue to do so) it only has three CD's but I have only > ever used two of them. I will try Debian now and see how it is. > > Happy new year! > Phill. > > > On Sunday 31 December 2006 08:54, Roberto C. Sanchez wrot > > On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 07:37:25AM +1100, Phillip Thorpe wrote: > > > Hi there > > > Im installing the amd64 version of Debian, can > > > anyone tell me if I need to download *both* DVD iso's? > > > Surely it cant be that big? > > > cheers > > > Phill. > > > > Sarge is on something like 13 or 15 CDs. Etch is even bigger. Yes, it > > is that big. Now, you more than likely can get away with just the first > > one, as the vast majority of the important/popular software is there. > > > > Regards, > > > > -Roberto Hi Phil, Debian can be installed by various methods: cd , dvd, netinstall, etc. When the CD's were introduced, they devised a method to make it easy to install what you will need. The first 2 CD's contains things that everyone should need and so on. And the last CD will contain things that few folks need. So most folks need the first few CDs to get a system running. IIRC CD #1 will get you the basic console system and CD 1-3 should get you X + KDE + GNOME. Since DVD's are bigger, DVD#1 should contain stuff for X,KDE,GNOME and much more. Cheers, Kev - -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | 'under construction' | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
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