Re: Etch released.
On Sun, Apr 08, 2007 at 08:29:55PM +0200, Helmut Sennewald wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is it necessary to download all 3 DVD-ISO-images just to install this
> version?
> I am wondered a little bit because other distributions have only one
> ISO-DVD.
> Are on DVD-2 and DVD-3 only sources?
>
If you have fast net access and are happy to do a net install - no.
For i386 and AMD64, figures are very approximately as below.
The business card size CD is approximately a 20 - 30 MB download and
provides enough to bootstrap an installer and begin a Debian
installation entirely from the network.
The netinst CD is approximately 100 - 120 MB - it includes enough to
install the base system completely.
[For completeness: There is also a pxe boot version if you have a fast
local network and your network card is net boot capable]
These are almost exactly the same installer as is found on CD #1
or DVD #1 of the full set (or the KDE and XFCE variants of the CD #1
which install those desktop environments but are in other ways
identical).
Debian is a large distribution - three or four DVD's of binaries, three
of source, depending on architecture. There are over 18000 packages.
Most people won't install anything like that number - you don't
necessarily need to install two mail transfer programs at the same time
- but you have the choice of lots of alternatives if you wish to use
them.
The packages are arranged in approximate order of popularity and use on
each CD / DVD. Less used packages (e.g. specialist genetics programs)
might be on DVD #3, for example. If you have network access, it is
possible that all you will need is some flavour of minimal network
install CD / CD #1 or DVD #1 from the full set.
If you don't have network access, then CD or DVD full sets may be
necessary. 3 DVDs for binaries / 21 CDs and the same for source
- for many, this will never be necessary.
This ought to be an FAQ :)
Hope this helps,
Andy
> Best regards,
> Helmut
>
> "Greg Folkert" <greg@gregfolkert.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:87IAS-4nA-3@gated-at.bofh.it...
> > >From the Debian Announce List.
> >
> > There you go.
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/
> > Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 released press@debian.org
> > April 8th, 2007 http://www.debian.org/News/2007/20070408
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 released
> >
> > The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian
> > GNU/Linux version 4.0, codenamed "etch", after 21 months of constant
> > development. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system which supports
> > a total of eleven processor architectures and includes the KDE, GNOME
> > and Xfce desktop environments. It also features cryptographic software
> > and compatibility with the FHS v2.3 and software developed for version
> > 3.1 of the LSB.
> >
> > Using a now fully integrated installation process, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
> > comes with out-of-the-box support for encrypted partitions. This
> > release introduces a newly developed graphical frontend to the
> > installation system supporting scripts using composed characters and
> > complex languages; the installation system for Debian GNU/Linux has now
> > been translated to 58 languages.
> >
> > Also beginning with Debian GNU/Linux 4.0, the package management system
> > has been improved regarding security and efficiency. Secure APT allows
> > the verification of the integrity of packages downloaded from a mirror.
> > Updated package indices won't be downloaded in their entirety, but
> > instead patched with smaller files containing only differences from
> > earlier versions.
> >
> > Debian GNU/Linux runs on computers ranging from palmtops and handheld
> > systems to supercomputers, and on nearly everything in between. A total
> > of eleven architectures are supported including: Sun SPARC (sparc), HP
> > Alpha (alpha), Motorola/IBM PowerPC (powerpc), Intel IA-32 (i386) and
> > IA-64 (ia64), HP PA-RISC (hppa), MIPS (mips, mipsel), ARM (arm), IBM
> > S/390 (s390) and -- newly introduced with Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 -- AMD64
> > and Intel EM64T (amd64).
> >
> > Debian GNU/Linux can be installed from various installation media such
> > as DVDs, CDs, USB sticks and floppies, or from the network. GNOME is
> > the default desktop environment and is contained on the first CD. The K
> > Desktop Environment (KDE) and the Xfce desktop can be installed through
> > two new alternative CD images. Also newly available with Debian
> > GNU/Linux 4.0 are multi-arch CDs and DVDs supporting installation of
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> >
> > Debian GNU/Linux can be downloaded right now via bittorent (the
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> >
> > This release includes a number of updated software packages, such as the
> > K Desktop Environment 3.5 (KDE), an updated version of the GNOME desktop
> > environment 2.14, the Xfce 4.4 desktop environment, the GNUstep desktop
> > 5.2, X.Org 7.1, OpenOffice.org 2.0.4a, GIMP 2.2.13, Iceweasel (an
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> > version of Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5), Iceape (an unbranded version of
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> > Collection 4.1.1, Linux kernel version 2.6.18, Apache 2.2.3, Samba
> > 3.0.24, Python 2.4.4 and 2.5, Perl 5.8.8, PHP 4.4.4 and 5.2.0, Asterisk
> > 1.2.13, and more than 18,000 other ready to use software packages.
> >
> > Upgrades to Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 from the previous release, Debian
> > GNU/Linux 3.1 codenamed "sarge", are automatically handled by the
> > aptitude package management tool for most configurations, and to a
> > certain degree also by the apt-get package management tool. As always,
> > Debian GNU/Linux systems can be upgraded quite painlessly, in place,
> > without any forced downtime, but it is strongly recommended to read the
> > release notes for possible issues. For detailed instructions about
> > installing and upgrading Debian GNU/Linux, please see the release notes
> > <http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/releasenotes>. Please note that
> > the release notes will be further improved and translated to additional
> > languages in the coming weeks.
> >
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