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AnomalousBit@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Debian Linux installation ISO is only 336 MB, FFS. And that’s a whole operating system with user land!
KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
No, that’s a tarball of a kernel, basic command line tools, apt and a network stack that lets you download most of the operating system.
AnomalousBit@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Um, no? The 336 megabyte usb installation media contains everything you need to install base Debian. Most people will want a desktop environment and other packages, they can connect to the network to download those additional packages.
Even the how-to says the network is optional.
www.debian.org/releases/stable/…/ch02s04.en.html#…
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
me when i spread misinformation