On Fri, 17 May 2013 12:49:12 -0700 Rick Thomas <rbtho...@pobox.com> wrote:
> > OK, Rupesh. Here's the process: > > 1) Debian releases the downloadable CD/DVD/Blu-ray disk images. For > reasons already covered, they release the first three DVD as ".iso" > images and the rest as '.jigdo" templates. (As you have pointed out, > this doesn't help someone like yourself in a place without high-speed > internet access.) > > 2) Vendors download the images and burn them to CD/DVD/Blu-ray disks > and make them available for sale. Some vendors only use the first > three DVD images -- either on the assumption that "that's all you > really need" or simply being unwilling/unable to use jigdo to get the > rest. (This may help you, if you can get by with the first three DVDs > -- as seems likely given that you are a new Debian user. Or you may > really need all 10 DVDs -- I don't know and you haven't said. > However see below regarding international sales…) > > 3) Some vendors don't bother with the paperwork for doing > international sales. (No help for you here.) > > 4) A few vendors do the full job. They download/jigdo the full 10-DVD > set, burn them, and make them available for international sale. This > takes time. Be patient. > > As previously noted, there is a list of vendors at > http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/ > > You'll probably find at least one of them who has gotten all the way > to step 4, or is working on it as we speak. But you'll have to dig > for it -- visit each vendor's web site and see what they have > available. Your email address doesn't tell me where you live, so I > can't do the research for you. > > Does this help? OSDisc.com sells all 10 DVDs as well as live discs and has free worldwide shipping.. :) http://www.osdisc.com/products/debian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130517131704.2272e...@debian.ok.shawcable.net
