Re: Update DVD images - is anybody still using them?

["Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com>]

On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 08:25:14PM -0800, Mike Schader wrote:
> Hi Steve,
> 

Hi Mike,

> YES.   I continue to use the updates.  This enables me to continue to have
> an up to date debian collection without downloading all of the disks for
> each point release thus keeping bandwidth usage down.
> 

As a matter of interest: you download the update disks and use those
every time there's a point release? You're working offline and have
no access to the Internet otherwise?

If you have a machine connected to the outside world at all, it is 
worth running apt-get update and upgrade  or equivalent commands regularly in
order to keep up with security updates.

If you can do that, then the point release disks are relatively immaterial.

If you can't do that - then download one DVD - the first DVD for your
architecture, mount it and use apt-cdrom to update from the new medium.

All the very best, as ever,

Andy 
(amacater@debian.org)


> Is it really too much trouble to continue this?  Are you going to
> discontinue this?  Should I plan on downloading all of debian with each
> point release to keep an up to date set on site?  This takes a long time.
> 
> Love Debian!
> 
> Mike Schader
>