Re: I need help
On Wed 17 Feb 2016 at 14:07:30 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 2/17/2016 7:37 AM, Adam Wilson wrote:
> >On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:51:58 +0800 Gener Badenas
> ><gener.ong.badenas@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Ghaith Etaiwi
> >><ghaiththebest55@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hello, I'm starting in linux I used Ubuntu and didn't like it and I
> >>>have read that many people that used Debian had a better
> >>>experience, I have a MacBook Pro 4GB ram/ 500HDD/Intel HD 3000/ i5
> >>>2nd generation, can it run Debian?. Also, I want to know what
> >>>version of Debian to download, I saw something about DVD1, DVD2...
> >>>
> >>
> >>You can always choose net install so it is minimal. Then you can
> >>download everything else. I assume internet is fast in your location.
> >
> >Depends on what you consider to be 'fast'. Is 120K/s fast?
This laptop has 2255 packages on it, the total download size of which
is about 3GB. At a throughput of 120KB/s, that'd be about 7 hours.
The base system is nothing like that size of course, and you can build
up the system gradually. Just make sure to keep/backup the .deb files.
> Compared to what?
> I recall loading the OS from paper tape. We *DID* have a high speed
> reader after all <GRIN>
That'd be about 1KB/s with 9-track perhaps.
> More seriously use https://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/ to select an
> appropriate vendor. I originally did that because all the
> connectivity I had was a 56k dial-up line.
That's bits/s of course, and not even a throughput either.
Cheers,
David.
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