Where to find Pre-made Debian Woody CD:s?
This might seem like a stupid question, but it makes a fairly good poem... =!
I have never seen any advertizing from a Debian Retailer in a news paper or a
computer magazine. ( or on the web for that matter )
But I see Suse Linux and Redhat in adv campains nearly all the time.
I have neither seen a Debian Installation CD (+Package CD ) as a "freebie"
for bying an expencive Computer magazine.
That's how I got my Red Hat 7.1
The third thing, that I've never seen is a book called
"Debian Linux for everyone" - that you can actually borrow from your local
public library, or Buy for almost nothing in a sell-out. And that contains a
CD distribution of Linux.
This is how I got my Redhat6.1
Fourth: I never had any good friend who suddenly turned up with a home burned
CD of Debian Linux.
How I got my Slackware 7.1
So... How does people in general aquire a Debian distribution?
Do you actually have to download everything from the web at 4kB / sec?
(my modem's average downloading speed) - let's see here.
My (limited) RedHat 7.1 edition was on 2 full CD:s
That is 1.3 GB
My modem can tew 240kB/minute which is 14 MB per hour.
This would mean that a Similar 2 CD Distribution would take Nearly a 100 hours
to Download.
I Would have to give my ISP the same amount of money that the Full RedHat
Professional Edition which at the time It was released, consisted of 6 or 7
full CD records.
My ISP Doesn't promote Debian Linux at all
- In fact they assume that all of their paying customers run M$Wdoz
If you ask them for support on Linux ...)THey refer to tldp.org
- ISP-connectivity HOWTO. =!
My ISP btw Runs themselves on Mandrake Linux boxes... = (
Don't ask me why ...I mean they do promote winduis.
So:
Is there a reasonable way for me to get hold of a copy of a full Pre made
Woody (6 CD:s any where in the south of Sweden ? ) or by mail order from
some place in Sweden?
Where would this be ?
Can anybody do something about this rather peculiar situation ?
Kind Regards /Daniel
By the way: No wonder that some people are scared of Debian Linux.
Ghosts isn't supposed to be real.
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