Dear Debian community
Maybe it’s just me, but as a rather new-comer to the Debian world a few things puzzles me.
1: Going to the download section is like being taken 15 years back. Isn’t it time to take the step to move away from the CD/DVD media and move into the USB Flash drive arena?
I know the CD/DVD images also work on USB but maybe it’s time to actually stop calling it CD/DVD images? And I also see you can download 640MB images....where’s the floppy images? (sorry for my sarcasm ). I mean I just bought a 8GB USB flash drive for less than 5$!I’m not saying the images should not be DVD compatible, but make the USB the primary media in guides/naming etc….and perhaps make a link at the bottom of the download page(s) saying “Are you using DVD media, read here” if that need some extra guidance.….don’t let the vast majority be bothered with it…..just my opinion.
2: I find it rather difficult and troublesome to find the image you want. When going to Debian.org it takes a long time to find your image. You have to go true several pages, reading a lot of text and doing a lot of mouse-clicking.
Try to go to www.ubuntu.com and compare the download process?….I think you’ve made it exceptional complex. Yes, you might support more image options, but still!
And calling it CD/DVD images isn’t helping either….when you’re sitting with a flash drive in your hand, as I believe the majority do.
Best regards
Brian, Denmark