Hi With respect you do. Yes like with any distribution Debian attempt to put the most popular programs on the first disk. But it is a bit of a gamble whether all the applications and utilities you want are on the first CD. As I've just had to reinstall and couldn't get my internet connection configured, I had to use CD's. I can't remember but it was readline and or libncurses5-dev that it prompts for the third CD. There was one occasion when it wanted the second CD but I can't remember what that was for. I'm also sure that the installation of Emacs20 also required other CD's. As I said, if you haven't got a useable internet connection, you'll need all three CD's. I also come across messages on one of the many lists discussing the necessity of all the disks which I thought the subject was something like "You don't need the third disk" but after a couple of searches I can't find it. All the references are towards a set of CD's and there's not an entry in the Debian CD FAQ supporting your claim. Debian is about giving the user choice and the package comes on 3 CD's that you will need unless from the first CD you can get up and running with an internet connection to download the packages you require. http://www.debian.org/intro/about Gena -----Original Message----- From: speakup-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Geoff Shang Sent: 30 March 2002 02:42 To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca Subject: RE: gnu/linux distros, was: Re: flame wars? Hi: You don't need all 3 debian CD's. the most commonly used programs and such are on the first disk, so you can cope quite well without the rest. Geoff. -- Geoff Shang <gshang at uq.net.au> ICQ number 43634701 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
