[ale] Debian 3.0 as a server platform?

[Jerald Sheets]

Linuxiso.org doesn't have the latest release available for download.

I just had to spend over an hour online before I found r5  (not even  
r6 which is listed as "latest" at Debian.org)


Jerald M. Sheets jr.
Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
McKesson, Inc.
404.293.8762


On Jun 3, 2005, at 7:44 PM, James Sumners wrote:

> I don't know what http://cdimage.debian.org/ you are reading but it is
> quite clear. Plus, finding any distro's ISOs is not really that hard
> -- http://www.linuxiso.org/
>
> On 6/3/05, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 12:36 -0500, ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
>>
>>>>> 5. One thing we can all agree on is that Debian has improved  
>>>>> the Linux
>>>>> community tremendously . . .
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I agree wholeheartedly.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That brings the whole discussion full circle.
>>>
>>
>> I'll throw this into the mix (coming from a Debian advocate)....
>>
>> Debian is a PITA to get started with.  Getting your hands on a  
>> good ISO
>> install image is easier than pulling teeth from a rhinoceros.  Go to
>> Debian Planet (www.debianplanet.org) and search for ISO... you  
>> will only
>> find articles from 2001 and 2002.  :-(   Go to cdimage.debian.org and
>> try your luck (make sure you read the comments about the debain  
>> servers
>> being hacked and the state of the ISOs there).
>>
>> Once you do get your hands on a good Debian net install ISO, you will
>> find that you treat it like gold, given the difficulty you have in
>> locating a replacement. ;-)
>>
>> Once you have Debian installed you have nothing to worry about, there
>> are plenty of mirrors that support updates, etc.
>>
>> Just to be clear... I do love Debian.
>>
>> -Jim P.
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Ale mailing list
>> Ale at ale.org
>> http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
> James Sumners
> http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
>
> "All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
> pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
> is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
> drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."
>
> Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
> CH:D 59
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>