Michael Fothergill wrote: > I also have a broadband connection and the 15 CD set of official Sarge > stuff.
Overkill. If you have a broadband connection, for the sake of your time (wasted by downloading more data than you have to and burning CDs you won't need) the Debian mirrors (bandwidth) and the environment (wasted CDs), you probably should have read more closely on the Debian CD image download site at http://www.debian.org/CD/ . The very first link on that page is a 120 MB minimal bootable CD, and says "Are you sure you really need the full CDs? You can just get the basic installation system - it will download the rest of the distribution if and when needed during the installation." > I installed the base system plus XWindows plus Gnome etc. Minor nitpick: It's the X Window System or X, but not XWindows. That implies it has anything to do with Windows, the desktop environment trying to be an operating system. > Would that have been enough to include and fire up some kind of firewall > or do I need to install that separately? Not needed. People use Debian to create firewalls. Just don't install any software that you don't need and you'll be OK. aptitude visualizes this well. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
