Re: Question about Debian live download please
Thanks for your reply, Thomas. And sorry to you and everyone on the list this is an html email. I'm not at home in front of my computer.
90 or 50 GB is extreme, although it's interesting to know that's possible. I was referring more to just like a standard installation image like something you might bring over to your grandpa's house to get him set up with a decent amount of base software. Sorry I didn't specify something along those lines in more depth. I think I'll just go with one of the live CD images, even though I'll be installing it to disk. I hope that will cover what I need. The website is kind of confusing about what is what.
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On Dec 12, 2023, 3:54 PM, Thomas Schmitt < scdbackup@gmx.net> wrote:
Hi,
lmqt771@proton.me wrote:
> wanted to make sure to download the one iso file with the most software.
Well, the biggest ISO for 64 bit x86 has about 50 GB and is available by
jigdo download via
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/jigdo-dlbd/debian-12.4.0-amd64-DLBD-1.jigdo
This is not a Live ISO but an installation ISO, like netinst.
It contains the more popular half of the Debian package collection.
An all-in-one ISO of about 90 GB is possible by
https://wiki.debian.org/MergeDebianIsos
There are also 25 GB and 16 GB ISOs
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/jigdo-bd/debian-12.4.0-amd64-BD-1.jigdo
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/jigdo-16G/debian-12.4.0-amd64-STICK16GB-1.jigdo
> I'm also pretty sure I need non-free firmware,
> but if I remember correctly that was added to the installer with the 12
> release? A bonus would be to select different DE or WM at install.
I see Gnome, KDE, and XFCE in debian-12.4.0-amd64-STICK16GB-1.jigdo. There
are probably more. But not fvwm, which i find only in BD-1 and DLBD-1.
So the 16 GB size would be insufficient for old people like me.
Have a nice day :)
Thomas
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