Re: [orca-list] Use Linux as a daily driver

[Øyvind Lode <oyvind lode gmail com>]

Hi:

On 1 February 2016 at 05:56, Krishnakant <krmane openmailbox org> wrote:
> So what if I take a debian DVD which has every thing in it.
Make sure to download the testing distribution code named "stretch".
I believe the testing distribution offers a full DVD.

> Can I use the Graphical installer?
I'm not sure.
I know that the live CD/DVD is accessible and one can start Orca the
usual way by pressing windows+alt+s.
I'm not sure if it's possible to install from the live session or
wether the installer is accessible.

> Or will the text based installer work here?
For sure.
The text based installer will for sure work from the full DVD as well.
As I said in my previous message type s and hit enter on the boot
prompt to start the text-based installer with speech.
Debian will beep when it's time to enter boot options.
So, if you have some kind of pc speaker wait for the beep.

> And can I make the selections from there instead of downloading it from
> Internet?
Yes.
When installing from the DVD you should be able to install both the
base system and a full desktop set up without downloading any
packages.
When the base system is installed the installer will prompt you when
it's time to install additional software.
The default is to install a desktop (I believe the default is XFCE),
print server and standard utilities.
Make sure you download the testing distribution and not the stable.
You can of course upgrade a stable Debian installation to testing or
like I did to unstable but that means a lot of packages will be
downloaded.
The stable distro is great for stability but some packages are a bit
out of date.
Of course you can use Debian backports to get more recent packages
also on stable.
I always use the stable version of debian on servers.
I always run a netinst installation and download the rest from
internet using apt - the debian package manager
The possibilities are nearly endless.