Re: Where should I start ?
On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 12:00:10AM +1000, mjwok@optusnet.com.au wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a simple question (well maybe two).
>
> Which version of Debian should I download, sarge
> or woody ? (I am limited to 12Gb download a month)
>
> If I do download the CDROM images is it possible
> to convert them to DVD images (or vice a versa
> DVD to CD)?
>
> Thank you
> Michael
>
Woody CDs amount to about 4.5GB. Sarge doesn't have a CD set yet (I
think), but does have a new net install CD image (ie one CD only).
12 GB per month seems to me to be not an important issue. Also,
for Woody, you do _not_ need all those CDs to install. Most people
need only the first CD. I needed the first and second on one machine
because it happened to be pure SCSI, and 1st Woody CD only boots
using IDE.
Upgrading from Woody to Sarge is easy, but takes an hour or so. If you
are new to Debian, and hope to commit to it, either version is OK as a
start. With Sarge you get a head start on using the version that will
soon be "stable". With Woody, you start learning what Debian has been
in the recent past, and about upgrading and dist-upgrading to get to
the new stable.
Unlike other distributions, with Debian, you really do upgrade from
one version to the next. You never need to re-install, except if you
discover that you did something really really incompatible with your
vision of what you want.
You might also consider using Knoppix or some other 'live CD' version
of Debian. This gets you up and running quickly, but the transition
to a truly policy compliant Debian installation is not so straight
forward as with Woody or Sarge.
HTH
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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