Re: get.debian.net installing gNewsomething instead of Debian
* 2010-04-11 10:31 (+0100), Frank Bauer wrote:
> yesterday I came across an older laptop that I wanted to upgrade from
> Windows XP to Debian testing.
>
> Since the CD drive went south, I had the only option to use the
> installation directly from Windows. So I went to the usual
> http://get.debian.net, used the win32 instaler loader from the first
> link there, but instead of Debian it started to install gNewsense.
>
> Nice All Fools Day joke, but unfortunately off by 10 days.
The download link for the Windows installer points to site
http://goodbye-microsoft.com
which advertises gNewSense. I guess the get.debian.org guys just didn't
notice the change (adding a Cc).
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