Thanks for your reply, Thomas. And sorry to you and everyone on the list this is an html email. I'm not at home in front of my computer.
90 or 50 GB is extreme, although it's interesting to know that's possible. I was referring more to just like a standard installation image like something you might bring over to your grandpa's house to get him set up with a decent amount of base software. Sorry I didn't specify something along those lines in more depth. I think I'll just go with one of the live CD images, even though I'll be installing it to disk. I hope that will cover what I need. The website is kind of confusing about what is what. Sent from Proton Mail mobile -------- Original Message -------- On Dec 12, 2023, 3:54 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, lmqt...@proton.me wrote: > wanted to make sure to download the one iso > file with the most software. Well, the biggest ISO for 64 bit x86 has about > 50 GB and is available by jigdo download via > https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/jigdo-dlbd/debian-12.4.0-amd64-DLBD-1.jigdo > This is not a Live ISO but an installation ISO, like netinst. It contains > the more popular half of the Debian package collection. An all-in-one ISO of > about 90 GB is possible by https://wiki.debian.org/MergeDebianIsos There are > also 25 GB and 16 GB ISOs > https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/jigdo-bd/debian-12.4.0-amd64-BD-1.jigdo > > https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/jigdo-16G/debian-12.4.0-amd64-STICK16GB-1.jigdo > > I'm also pretty sure I need non-free firmware, > but if I remember > correctly that was added to the installer with the 12 > release? A bonus > would be to select different DE or WM at install. I see Gnome, KDE, and XFCE > in debian-12.4.0-amd64-STICK16GB-1.jigdo. There are probably more. But not > fvwm, which i find only in BD-1 and DLBD-1. So the 16 GB size would be > insufficient for old people like me. Have a nice day :) Thomas
