On 06/08/11 07:32 AM, Paul Wise wrote: > On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 14:36 -0400, Denny Nebgen wrote: > >> Hi Paul, I downloaded and burned an iso image cd of debian and when I >> ran the cd, the only options were to install and not run live. My first >> experience with Debian linux so, I may be misinterpreting something. I >> run Mepis now and like it but was wanting to try others. Thanks > > I guess there are a few issues: > > * The default images we point people to are install images rather > than live images. Our live images are also install images IIRC.
You mean the "Download Debian 6.0" button on the home page? I haven't heard from Denny if that's how he obtained it, but the button is quite clear as to what the image is (i.e. does not contain the word "live"). I still believe it's the best choice. It's much smaller than the live images and so is quick to download, and handles a much broader range of install scenarios than the live images. > * The install images don't have any information pointing at our > live images. That's an interesting idea, but where would that go? In the help at the boot menu? > * Probably most desktop users will want to check out Debian on > live images before installing it. Possibly. It's a tradeoff. If you just want to get started installing Debian as quickly as possible, the live image is not the way to go. Also, as indicated on http://www.debian.org/CD/live/ there are limitations to the live images, such as not having a full set of language support packages. Before using a live image, you need to read those and decide if it's going to work for you or not. So a link directly to a live image is not appropriate (not to mention the fact that there's no single multiarch 32/64 bit image for live ... yet). > I wonder what would be the best way to prevent further confusion, any > ideas? A link at the bottom of the home page directly to "Live install" in the "Getting Debian" column? (Sadly, that would mar the perfectly aligned bottom margin of those columns, but a small sacrifice that may be worth it.) > Maybe we should just point people at the page where they can choose a > method of installing or trying Debian, would that be OK? > > http://www.debian.org/distrib/ I don't think so, for the reasons already stated above. > On the other hand I guess the web team had a reason to point the > download link on the front page directly to an installer image. I think having a single click to download the installer is a great improvement over the long, confusing click-path we had before. Ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
