Re: Problem installing
Hi, guys,
On Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 8:44 PM Charles Curley
<charlescurley@charlescurley.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2 Oct 2021 20:54:15 -0400
> Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:
>
> > The first place I found it mentioned is here:
> >
> > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUnstable#Installation
> >
> > It's the LAST option listed in this section. I've never used it
> > before in my entire life. I've never seen it suggested before. I
> > wouldn't even be able to tell you what's on it, or how to use it.
Based on the explanation on the page referenced, I would guess that it
is a bare minimum installer to have the basic OS running
>
> Since I don't install Sid, I would never have run across that. Sigh.
>
> >
> > And yet, I refer you to Bashphorism #6:
> >
> > When given a choice of solutions, the newbie will always choose the
> > wrong one.
It not the wrong one.
It just an easiest and fastest way to install Sid
I think whoever made the decision to provide this mini.iso
is an amazing guy.
However, it needs to be documented better in regards to the
"SID" install.
Thank you.
> >
>
> Add something about old hands occasionally doing the same. You are
> hardly a newbie, and I've been using Linux since 1995 or thereabouts.
>
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