Hey,
Slink is indeed very outdated, and I don't know yet how well the
potato boot disks work. What I do when I need to install a new machine
now is install the base system from slink (i.e. I go through the
regular installation process, but when it gets to dselect after the
reboot I just quit without installing anything), then configure apt to
use potato (the currently frozen system), do "apt-get dist-upgrade" to
upgrade the base, and then do "apt-get install packagename" to install
all the software that I need, with apt taking care to install all the
various libraries and dependencies.
This way I get a very clean installation with everything I need and no
more. This can be quite tedious if you want to install a lot of
software, but it's good because you know exactly what you have and
don't waste any space on junk which you'll never remove later. Also,
obviously, you need a high-speed Internet link.
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