Bug#819664: Re-organise the CD / download pages to make them more useful
Hi
I have added the pending sections to the index.wml file, and committed
to the branch.
I'm attaching the file in its current state, too.
It still needs work, in particular, add some paragraph at the end
linking to the old folders/files, for example for people looking for
non stable releases, or other achitectures.
The page english/CD/verify.wml also needs some review and completion;
link to tools to verify images in different operating systems, and
maybe offer the SHA512SUM files and its signature along with the
downloads, because people won't know in which subfolder they are.
Cheers
--
Laura Arjona Reina
https://wiki.debian.org/LauraArjona
#use wml::debian::template title="Getting Debian"
#include "$(ENGLISHDIR)/releases/images.data"
#use wml::debian::common_tags
<bind-gettext-domain domain="download" />
<define-tag readmore whitespace=delete>
<gettext domain="others">Read more...</gettext>
</define-tag>
# Note for translators: these paragraph are taken from www.d.o/index
<p><a href="https://www.debian.org/";>Debian</a> is a
<a href="intro/free">free</a> operating system (OS) for your computer.
An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make
your computer run.
</p>
<p>
Debian provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over
<packages_in_stable> <a href="distrib/packages">packages</a>, precompiled software bundled
up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine. <a href="intro/about"><readmore></a></p>
</div>
# Note for translators: these paragraphs are taken from www.d.o/distrib/index
<p>
Debian is distributed <a href="../intro/free">freely</a>
over Internet. You can download all of it from any of our
<a href="ftplist">mirrors</a>.
The <a href="../releases/stable/installmanual">Installation Manual</a>
contains detailed installation instructions.
</p>
<div class="line">
<div class="item col50">
# new rewording and reorganization
## a fancy image for installer should be here
# these are taken from www.d.o/distrib/index
<h2><a href="netinst">Download an installation image</a></h2>
<p>A <a href="netinst"><strong>small installation image</strong></a>
can be downloaded quickly and should be recorded onto a removable
disk. </p>
<ul class="quicklist downlist">
<li><a title="Download installer for 64-bit Intel and AMD PC"
href="<stable-images-url/>/amd64/iso-cd/debian-<current-tiny-cd-release-filename/>-amd64-netinst.iso">64-bit
PC netinst iso</a></li>
<li><a title="Download installer for normal 32-bit Intel and AMD PC"
href="<stable-images-url/>/i386/iso-cd/debian-<current-tiny-cd-release-filename/>-i386-netinst.iso">32-bit
PC netinst iso</a></li>
# this one is new
<li><a title="Not sure which one to choose? Download a installer valid for both 32 and 64 bits"
href="<stable-images-url/>/multi-arch/iso-cd/debian-<current-tiny-cd-release-filename/>-amd64-i386-netinst.iso">
Not sure which one to choose? Download a installer valid for both 32 and 64 bits</a></li>
<li><a title="" href="">More...</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="item col50 lastcol">
# new rewording and reorganization
## a fancy image for desktop should be here
<h2><a href="../CD/live/">Try Debian live before installing</a></h2>
<p>
You can try Debian by booting a live system from a CD, DVD or USB key
without installing any files to the computer. When you are ready, you can
run the included installer.
</p>
<ul class="quicklist downlist">
<li><a title="Download live torrents for 64-bit Intel and AMD PC"
href="<live-images-url/>/amd64/bt-hybrid/">64-bit PC live torrents</a></li>
<li><a title="Download live torrents for normal 32-bit Intel and AMD PC"
href="<live-images-url/>/i386/bt-hybrid/">32-bit PC live torrents</a></li>
<li>
More <a href="../CD/live">information about Debian Live</a>...
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="line">
### this column needs to be centered
<div class="item col50">
# here a fancy graphic about checksums / padlock etc.
<h2><a href="">Verify your download</a></h2>
# this is taken from /english/CD/index
<p>
Official CD releases are signed so that you can verify they are authentic,
and that your download has not been corrupted.
</p>
#these needs work:
# which is the folder where people downloaded the image?
# maybe we should offer two downloads above: the image and the checksum file...
<p>
Look for the "SHA512SUMS" file in the same directory
where you downloaded the image, it contains checksums of the images.
These checksum files are also signed, see the SHA512SUMS.sign file too.
</p>
#these needs work:
# which "checksum verifier tool" to use?
# maybe we should complete english/CD/verify to include instructions
# and links to checksum verifier tools for several operating systems.
# there is also info about verification in https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#verify
<p>
With these files and a checksum verifier tool, you can check
that the image checksum matches that expected from the checksum file;
and that the checksum file has not been tampered with.
</p>
<p>
For more information about how to do these steps,
read the <a href="../CD/verify">verification guide</a>.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="line">
<div class="item col50">
## a fancy image for USB stick
<h2>How to write to USB flash drive</h2>
<p>On a GNU/Linux machine, simply use the <q>cp</q> command, to copy an
image to a USB flash drive:</p>
<p><code>cp <file> <device></code></p>
<p>where:</p>
<ul>
<li><file> is the name of the input image, e.g. <q>netinst.iso</q>
<li><device> is the device matching the USB flash drive,
e.g. /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc. <em>Be careful to make sure you have the right
device name</em>, as this command is capable of writing over your hard
disk just as easily if you get the wrong one!</li>
</ul>
<p>Additionally to the method above for GNU/Linux systems, there is also
the <a NAME="win32diskimager"
href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/";>win32diskimager</a>
program available, which allows writing such bootable USB flash
drives under Windows.
</p>
<p>The <a href="../CD/faq">frequent asked questions about Debian CDs</a>
include more details on this, and additional methods for GNU/Linux and Mac OS X users.
</p>
</div>
<div class="item col50 lastcol">
## a fancy picture of CD/DVD media
<h2>How to write to optical media</h2>
<p>
<p>On a GNU/Linux machine, use
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/xorriso/xorriso.html";>xorriso</a>
for all optical media types (also doable as non-root user):
<br/><tt>xorriso -as cdrecord -v dev=/dev/sr0 -eject debian-x.y.z-arch-MEDIUM-NN.iso</tt>
</p>
<p>You can also use the graphical programs <a href="http://www.gnome.org/projects/brasero/";>Brasero</a>,
<a href="http://k3b.plainblack.com/";>K3B</a>, and others.
</p>
<p>In Windows, you can use <a href="https://infrarecorder.org";>InfraRecorder</a> to burn the iso file,
or look for options like <q>ISO9660 file</q>, <q>Raw ISO image</q> in your
preferred optical media writer program.
</p>
<p>In Mac OS X, after opening the Disk Utility application
(in the <tt>/Applications/Utilities</tt> folder),
select <i>Burn...</i> in the <i>Image</i> menu and choose the image file
to burn.
</p>
<p>The <a href="../CD/faq">frequent asked questions about Debian CDs</a>
include more details, and additional methods for GNU/Linux, Windows and Mac OS X users.
</p>
</div>
</div>
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