[Discuss] debian

[Deryk Barker]

pw wrote:
> Steven Kurylo wrote:
>> Just grab the first CD or the netboot CD.
>>
>> http://debian.yorku.ca/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/debian-31r5-i386-binary-1.iso 
>>
>> or
>> http://debian.yorku.ca/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/debian-31r5-i386-netinst.iso 
>>
>>
>> You'd only grab all 14 if you wanted every package.  The CDs are more
>> or less filled by popularity.  The first CD will give you a full
>> standard system, which is more than you're asking for.
>>
>
> Do you know if the base install has apt-get by default, or
> do I need to add that?
I've installed debian many a time from a single CD and never needed to 
add apt-get. The netinst has a fairly minimal set of packages and pulls 
everything else off the net (surprise, surprise!).