thanks everybody. one thing i like with Linux is that the community is so damn good.. better that commercial support....:-)..
will try to follow your suggestions and start downloading the 1-2 cds.



On 6/12/06, Zak B. Elep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Wilson! =)

On 6/11/06, Wilson John D. Barbon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi everybody. I was wondering if anybody can suggest an easy way to install
> the latest debian in a laptop? I have gone over the the debian site and
> downloading 17 ISO images is quite a waste of bandwidth for me. I have

Wow, that's a lot indeed!  You could have just gotten the first 2 or 3
CDs though, and grab the rest via the network...  then again, its not
bad to have the whole collection around, just in case ;-)

> ubuntu installed in this system and wanted to test debian for about a month

There isn't much difference between Ubuntu and Debian; currently
Ubuntu provides a `LAMP' install option, but that's just really a
customization of the base install; you can pretty much replicate the
same setup with Debian's tasksel/dselect/aptitude...

> to learn about it. Is it possible in debian to have a "server" type install
> like in ubuntu and later download and install the apps that I want to use?

Actually, many use of Debian is for server installations; the typical
Debian sysadmin just keeps a `netinst' CD or USB key around, plus
another containing their setup, just in case a server needs
bootstrapping.

Cheers,

Zakame

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