On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 08:39:14AM +0000, Joseph wrote: > Hello, > I'm looking for the smallest full installer possible with just xfce (CD > installer for example < 700MB), that works without internet, non netinst. > I know this existed for 10.4, I still have: > > "debian-10.4.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso" which is 640 MB > > I'm looking for the same thing for 11.0, but when searching on: > > https://get.debian.org/images/ > https://get.debian.org/images/release/current/amd64/iso-cd/ > > there are only "netinst" vesions, such as debian-11.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso. > > Question: does > > "debian-11.0.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso" < 700 MB > > exist? > > Thanks in advance > Jo
Hi Jo, No, I'm sorry, it no longer does. The XFCE single CD got too large to fit on a single 640/700 CD dnd the team that releases the CD/DVD etc. images took the decision to drop it. Essentially, the process was to squeeze as many packages as possible onto one CD to make a desktop environment. XFCE was the smallest - when that ceased to fit, there was no straightforward way forward. The number of people using genuine physical CD media is also smaller than it was (but non-zero). At the same time, the number of DVDs was also reduced for Debian 11. Whereas for Buster we made the first three .iso images, for Bullseye there is one: the others can be built using jigdo. Again, the numbers of people wanting physical DVD images is smaller (but non-zero). if you really want DVDs for archival purposes, they're available to make - but they're necessarily out of date almost immediately on the day of release as security updates etc. happen. The netinst will work well to install any desktop: if you happen to be disconnected from any network, DVD1 should well work (though you might conceivably need DVD2 or DVD3 for some packages.) If that's still inconvenient, get someone with jigdo to produce the 16G image meant for USB sticks or the Blu-Ray sizes which can also be written directly to USB and will boot. Hope this helps. With every good wish, as ever Andy Cater [Part of the images team on release days though not directly triggering the releases.]
