On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 06:12:29PM -0500, Chris Jones wrote: > On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 04:35:26PM EST, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > [..] > > > To be completely honest, I can't understand for the life of me why > > anyone would install any Linux distro from local media these days. By > > the time the media hits the shelves, there are hundreds of security > > updates you have to pull from the web. It makes more sense to do a > > net install and get all the sec updates right off the bat. > > Maybe because the above information is not readily available anywhere, > apparently not a www.debian.org: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Getting Started > > The latest stable release of Debian is 5.0. The last update to this > release was made on September 5th, 2009. Read more about available > versions of Debian. > > If you'd like to start using Debian, you can easily obtain a copy, and > then follow the installation instructions to install it. > > If you're upgrading to the latest stable release from a previous > version, please read the release notes before proceeding. > > To get help in using or setting up Debian, see our documentation and > support pages. > > Users that speak languages other than English should check the > international section. > > People who use systems other than Intel x86 should check the ports > section. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Any mention of "net install" in the above..? Or anything of practical > interest to anyone "Getting Started", for that matter? > > There is the cryptic "you can easily obtain a copy..". > When you click on the "obtain a copy" link, the first set of instructions is to download a netinst cd.
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