Dr H wrote:
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> So... I've downloaded XUbuntu (why does that sound like the name of
> an aboriginal sub-Saharan tribe to me?)
Because it's a southern Bantu word (from Zulu or Xhosa) both spoken in South
Africa meaning something like "humanity to others."
> I went to get Debian, but it was not immediately clear how many of
> the files I needed to download for a basic installation (are there
> really something like 26 CDs required?? Even on a fast cable
> connection that might could take a while to DL...).
If you have a broadband connection you can just do a net install which means
you only need to burn 1 CD and get the remaining stuff off the net.
You can find out about it here:
http://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst
Cheers,
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