In need of Debian distribution

rem1986 · 02-26-2005, 08:47 PM

Hello again ! I've posted two threads in the last two weeks in order to inform myself a little bit more about which distribution is best for my PC. I already know: Debian Woody 2.2.25 Kernel. The only problem now is finding it. At school we don't have it. The latest distribution is Red Hat and it's 7.2 or 7.3. I already tried www.debian.org but nothing. Could anyone tell me where can I download this Debian Distribution off the Internet? Thanks, again

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foo_bar_foo · 02-26-2005, 08:59 PM

debian "woody" or debian 3.0 IS available in like 50 different ways from debian.org
lets see download page
http://www.debian.org/CD/

Xian · 02-26-2005, 09:00 PM

LinuxQuestions has a distro download mirror page.
Check here: Debian Woody (3.0) ISO's

tsphan · 02-26-2005, 09:06 PM

did you try this place yet ?

http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/#stable

qtbb · 02-27-2005, 02:43 AM

all you need from this distro is one installation CD, you can either download its iso image and burn it yourself or, if you are patient to wait 6 weeks, you can order free live CD and installation CD from ubuntulinux's website.

ubuntu linux homepage: http://www.ubuntulinux.com
for reg: http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org/user.cgi?action=new
for ordering free CDs: http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org/

darkleaf · 02-27-2005, 03:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by qtbb
all you need from this distro is one installation CD, you can either download its iso image and burn it yourself or, if you are patient to wait 6 weeks, you can order free live CD and installation CD from ubuntulinux's website.

ubuntu linux homepage: http://www.ubuntulinux.com
for reg: http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org/user.cgi?action=new
for ordering free CDs: http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org/

That's not debian :P That's debian based.

mikenac · 02-27-2005, 10:43 AM

My advice: Forget Woody and move to Sarge unless you enjoy punishment.....

http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/

qtbb · 02-27-2005, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by darkleaf
That's not debian :P That's debian based.

Thank you for your information

But is it possible that, in order to avoid downloading 7 iso images, people install Ubuntu Linux first, use source list related to debian, and then use Synaptic/apt-get fucntion to sort of change/upgrade/transform it (whatever) to debian, say sarge? cause it is true, as you pointed out, that ubuntu linux is only a snapshot of debian sarge.

if it's possible, which way would you choose?

Thank you in advance

darkleaf · 02-28-2005, 09:55 AM

I'd go for the sarge installer if I'd install it now. I don't know how much you have to configure but you can get a lot of help on it in any case.

I don't think it's really recommended pointing those LiveCD distros to debian source lists and update from them to get a debian system. Knoppix hard disk install is said to be unmaintainable in the end and debian based distros might be a bit different from debian which could break things. I think it might work, but unless you want trouble it's not the way to go.

Lechio · 02-28-2005, 10:54 AM

U only need two floppy to install Debian.
Forget about downloading the ISO's, it's not worth it.
With the floppy install packages are downloaded as you install,
that means they are all updated. All you need to have is a fast
internet connection and a floppy drive (u can use other devices if u want).
Anyway if u like a distro that is bleeding edge go on this kind of install for
Debian unstable.

http://www.debian.org/distrib/floppyinst

darkleaf · 02-28-2005, 01:16 PM

Unstable doesn't mean unstable as in it crashes a lot but just that the packages are really new and will be updated a lot. Sometimes a package might be broken but it won't happen much.

Lechio · 03-01-2005, 05:35 AM

Quote:

Unstable doesn't mean unstable as in it crashes a lot but just that the packages are really new and will be updated a lot. Sometimes a package might be broken but it won't happen much.

Yap. But unstable doesn't really fit a productive system, for instance running
a heavy load server, for that there is the stable version with tested packages
and the waranty from Debian that it won't crash (kind of).
Forget that if you run a Debian distro as a desktop

harken · 03-01-2005, 05:58 AM

Looks like this thread got hijacked