Re: Switch default installation image link?
On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 01:01:29PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
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>
> Hey,
>
> For a number of years, we've been linking to the amd64/i386 netinst
> installer image from the front page. I think it's time to just switch
> that to just an amd64 image for stretch now. The vast majority of the
> machines out there are now amd64, and we're asking people to download
> useless stuff in such cases. i386 users can still find an image for
> download.
>
> I'm *also* tempted to switch from the netinst to the first DVD image
> instead - network connections have improved a lot.
>
I think that the netinst is most useful to me (actually, for me,
netboot.tar.gz and UEFI boot are working really well).
If you assume that network bandwidth is good for much of the developed
world, netinst is small / quick to download and dd to a USB flash drive.
DVDs take a lot longer to do this :(
All best,
Andy C.
> Thoughts?
>
> [ Yes, I know that #819664 should fix this but I've not finished
> working there yet, and at this point it's not going to be ready and
> translated in 10 days... ]
>
> --
> Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
> "I used to be the first kid on the block wanting a cranial implant,
> now I want to be the first with a cranial firewall. " -- Charlie Stross
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