On Mon, 6 May 2002, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > It'd be nice if Dabian _said_ that somewhere. Nowhere on the site does it > > indicate you don't need all the disks. > > Pretty sure it says it in the install guide.
Which is where? On the first disk, right? :-) > > Yes, it indicates you can do a minimal install from a small ISO, and get > > the rest from the net - but it's a _big_ assumption that anyone who > > installs Debian will have net access to get the rest of the packages every > > single time they install. > > Funny thing is, last time I downloaded Red Hat, I didn't realise I *had* to > have both CD's. It makes far more sense to me to have the distribution work > it out for itself. So, if you buy a piece of commercial software and get one CD, you expect it to go out and download the second CD while installing? This makes sense? > Debian has a very effective system (and package: popularity-contest) for > working out what should go on the first CDs. I'm not going to get into a pissing contest over whose distribution/installation system is best. It's not worth it, and the zealots from both sides will be tearing out throats in minutes. > > > The available packages for Debian don't indicate bloat. They indicate a very > > > large, distributed developer base and a lot of hard work. > > My my, you _are_ defensive, aren't you Jeff? > > Yes, but no one has even mentioned my nose yet. Jeff, you've got a very grecian nose. :-) DaZZa -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
