Fwd: debian live usb - What do I download?
Forwarding this to the web team (of which I also happen to be a member,
so I'll likely follow up as soon as I have time).
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Subject: debian live usb - What do I download?
Resent-Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:36:53 +0000 (UTC)
Resent-From: debian-live@lists.debian.org
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:36:33 -0500
From: Mark Filipak <markfilipak.linux@gmail.com>
To: debian-live@lists.debian.org
This happens every time I decide to try Linux. It's a complete
show-stopper. I just go back to MS-Windows.
1 - Google search for: debian live usb
The first hit is this: Debian -- Live install images
2 - I click the first hit's link and am taken here:
http://www.debian.org/CD/live/
3 - I see "Is a live image suitable for me?" I already know what a live
image is, but I read anyway. I read about 'Launcher' and 'Flavors' and
'Size'. I don't understand any of it. I think 'Flavors' is about various
desktops (i.e., GUIs). Way back when, I knew what X-Windows was and used
it at a client's site. I don't know anything about the desktop choices
and I don't understand why Linux has all these choices. I assume that
all this front-loading means that I can't change desktops after
installation.
4 - I see "CD/DVD/USB (via BitTorrent)". Below it, I click the 'amd64'
link. I'm taken here:
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/bt-hybrid/
5 - On that page I'm presented with the following list:
debian-live-6.0.6-amd64-gnome-desktop.iso.torrent
debian-live-6.0.6-amd64-kde-desktop.iso.torrent
debian-live-6.0.6-amd64-lxde-desktop.iso.torrent
debian-live-6.0.6-amd64-rescue.iso.torrent
debian-live-6.0.6-amd64-standard.iso.torrent
debian-live-6.0.6-amd64-xfce-desktop.iso.torrent
What do I download? Can't I decide on desktop later? Why do all Linux
sites seem to talk around subjects without really saying anything?
Thanks for any help you can give - Mark.
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