Hi there! On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 08:08:53 -0700, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 11:44:48PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> Yes, it can. It should contain enough of the packages needed to be >> able to support all 4 of the recognised DEs. However, at current rates >> it won't take long for them to outgrow the 4GB of space available! > > Now that USB sticks at 16/32GB are (relatively) cheap - it is actually a much better > bet to install the Blu-Ray .iso image in the same way :) A small note: does anyone consider that there are still people on not-so-fast Internet connections? I am still on a consumer 5000/500kbps ADSL at home and on a professional 4000/512kbps at one of the company I work for. And it seems that where I am now (visiting a friend) is even worse: ===== $ wget http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.2.0/amd64/iso-dvd/debian-7.2.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso --2013-10-26 13:23:12-- http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.2.0/amd64/iso-dvd/debian-7.2.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso Resolving cdimage.debian.org (cdimage.debian.org)... 130.239.18.163, 130.239.18.173, 2001:6b0:e:2018::173, ... Connecting to cdimage.debian.org (cdimage.debian.org)|130.239.18.163|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://gemmei.acc.umu.se/debian-cd/7.2.0/amd64/iso-dvd/debian-7.2.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso [following] --2013-10-26 13:23:13-- http://gemmei.acc.umu.se/debian-cd/7.2.0/amd64/iso-dvd/debian-7.2.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso Resolving gemmei.acc.umu.se (gemmei.acc.umu.se)... 130.239.18.137, 2001:6b0:e:2018::137 Connecting to gemmei.acc.umu.se (gemmei.acc.umu.se)|130.239.18.137|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 3934945280 (3.7G) [application/x-iso9660-image] Saving to: ‘debian-7.2.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso’ 0% [ ] 410,076 107KB/s eta 8h 55m ^C ===== I am full in favor of dropping CDs, but not with the reasoning that no one use them anymore. Despite I usually prefer the netinst multi-arch *CD*, I always have the default CD1 in my laptop bag, it could be useful to install Debian with no Internet connection at all (maybe I am a bit too old in this regard). Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca
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