Re:I want to try Debian but... (Score 1)

I don't want to use jigdo. Maybe when I download the next version, but for now please keep this simple without throwing in extra steps.

The reason for this is that Debian doesn't have the resources for providing all the images. Do you know what's on the images? Packages. Hosting full images would double the size of the archive... Now, mirroring this will be insanity. Especially for sid, which is a rapidly moving target. AFAIK, this is going to change, though, at least for stable releases.

Oh, and you won't *have* to use images when you upgrade to a new version. apt-get dist-upgrade is your friend.

WTF is in Debian that takes 11 CDs?

Well... Everything...

... and find a page saying you shouldn't install unstable directly, but install stable first then switch your install over.

The main reason for this is that there is a complete rewrite of the installer going on for sarge, and thus there is no boot-floppies (as the old installer is called) installer for sarge and sid. And, of course, at any given time, the installer for stable will be more tested than any other version.

Of course, if you feel like it, pretty please help us test the new installer. :-)