Debian ISO : US & NONUS??
 

hi..

i am going to give a try to debian & before d/l i want to know what is the diff between

debian-30r5-i386-binary-1.iso & debian-30r5-i386-binary-1_NONUS.iso

one more thing is it ok if i just d/l one cd?

NONUS cd has additional software not allowed in the USA because patents, licenses, ...

see this page for more information...

what kind of software that not allowed in us...any example...

just installed debian 3.0rc5....but it is strange when found out debian offer only kernel 2.2.X & 2.4.18.....

the installation was ok but it takes to long compared to slackware :-). maybe i've to get more fimiliar with the ways debian doing thing...

at the moment i trying to get my X to work....

Try with Debian Sarge, you would haver kernel 2.6.8 and the instalation is easier. (You are using Debian Woody)

Greetings

thanx, i d/l it now...

The fastest way to go from woody to sarge is modifing the /etc/apt/source.list and changing stable for testing. (if you are using the interent instead of the cds).

but why Debian still developing Woody?

Because Woody is use for serveres. It doesn't has the latest sofware but is really stable. Sarge has really new sofware and works really well for a desktop. A lot more stable than Mandrake for example. There is sid (unstable) that you have the newest sofware of all. I have not try it yet. From what I know you can have mix between sid an sarge. But I am new to Debian and I haven try it yet. (the mix version)