Ken Yap wrote:
> One reason some people want to have a fairly complete distro on CD is
> that not everybody wants to do a large scale update of packages via the
> Internet in case the disk gets trashed. If I started from the previous
> Debian distro 2.1 (yes, I know 2.2 is out), and my disk got trashed, I'd
> have to DL dozens of packages to catch up to the present. With a recent
> commercial distro, I'm 95% of the way to my current setup. Nothing
> wrong with either model, they're just different models that's all.
> There's no reason either that some enterprising person couldn't provide
> stable snapshots of Debian at regular intervals for people who want the
> comfort of a CD set.
I use Debian in exactly this way. When I want to do an install, I'll
start from the latest interesting snapshot, purchased on CD (it is fair
to say that Debian's stable "releases" come out too infrquently for most
people's tastes). Once a machine's up, I'll use incremental upgrading
via ftp. Certainly setting up a new system via a 56Kb/s modem is
painful.
- Raz
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