> > As I am new to Debian, please let me know if I've overlooked some > fundamental Debian design philosophy. >
nope, we just did not have the time to get everything in we wanted. Sorry for the inconvenience. Of course, you can still install from http.us.debian.org or somesuch, and it is only 1 12mb file it grabs, so even over modem it is an hour download.
