On 2016-07-31 10:59 +0200, Brian Wengel wrote: > I'm talking about media. The debian developers should erase > CD/DVD from their brian, and only focus on the technologies we > use today and have used for many years.
My main computer, the one on which I'm writing this, cannot boot off USB. Installed Debian 8 on it about a year ago. Had to use a netinst CD. Not saying you don't have a point, just that it's easy to forget how diverse the world of Debian users is. Even if most people who install Linux do it on brand new PCs (which might or might not be true), the notion that Debian should be catering to the needs of "most people" is debatable. Even Ubuntu doesn't, since Linux is not what most people run. Again, I'm not against making it easier for people who install from pen drives, just reacting to your declaration that optical media can now be dispensed with. -- André Majorel <http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/> Think of all the spam you'd be getting if the Debian project published your email address ! Aren't you glad they don't ?