On Sat 04 Oct 2014 at 09:47:46 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > I want to download a jessie weekly build for 64 bit PC. > > What is the appropriate architecture on the downloads? > > My machine has nothing to do with amd but that is the only thing > listed as 64 bit on the pages including jessie or testing. > > However, at https://www.debian.org/distrib/ the starting page for > `Getting Debian, at least the netinst images are separated into: > > 64-bit PC netinst.iso or 32-bit PC netinst.iso > > These are only wheezy far as I can tell. > > Surprisingly that page gives no reference to jessie downloads.
The core of Debian's business is to produce and distribute a solid, well-tested, secure and reliable OS. That page exists to advertise that product. > You would never know there were jessie downloads by looking at > `Getting Debian' link. If you want to promote a solid, well-tested, secure and reliable OS for people to use it makes little sense to advertise a less desirable and perhaps unsuitable product on the same page. > To find anything about debian jessie one must go to: > > https://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/ Read in conjunction with https://www.debian.org/devel/testing we discover testing is for users who like a little spice in their lives and are willing to make a little bit of an effort to seek it out. > And if you follow the link to testing you will find no reference > whatever to 64-bit PC. "amd64" and "mult-arch". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/04102014153106.29dfab884...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
