Debian CDs/DVDs archive. Last updated: 14th February 2019 Old Debian releases on CD/DVD. This is where we store older CD/DVD releases of Debian. If you want to download the current release, look in the release area. Feb 18, 2019 Free Download Debian GNU/Linux - The Debian GNU Linux operating system, one of the oldest and influential Linux OSes. It is distributed as network install images or installable-only CD or DVD ISO images, supporting the 64-bit (amd64, kfreebsd-amd64, ia64), 32-bit (i386, kfreebsd-i386), Armel, Armhf, MIPS, PowerPC, SPARC, s390.
Which Debian Buster ISO to download?
I am trying to download Debian Buster and burn the installation file onto a USB. I want to download the unofficial version that comes with non-free components here:
I'm not sure if this is the right one to download Debian Buster + nonfree. When I click on the link above, I see two ISO files there: firmware-buster...iso and firmware-edu-buster...iso. Which one is the correct one to download and create a bootable USB from? Also, should I download this (Alpha 5) version of Debian Buster directly or should I download Debian 9 with nonfree components and then update to Buster by changing the sources.list?
I want to try Debian for the 1st time and I wanted to download the full DVD so I went to my local Debian mirror and what I see are 3 DVDs and 2 update DVDs.
what is each? Do I need more than just the 1st DVD?
1 Answer
From Debian's website:
There are lots of files here! Do I need all of them?
Download Debian 5 Iso Dvd
In most cases it is not necessary to download and use all of these images to be able to install Debian on your computer. Debian comes with a massive set of software packages, hence why it takes so many disks for a complete set. Most typical users only need a small subset of those software packages.
Initially, you will only need to download and use the first image of a set (labelled as debian-something-1 to be able to start the Debian installer and set up Debian on your computer. If there are more images available here (labelled debian-something-2, debian-something-3, etc.), they contain the extra packages that can be installed on a Debian system (as mentioned previously). They will not be bootable and are entirely optional. If you have a fast Internet connection, you're most likely better off installing any desired extra packages directly from the Debian mirrors on the Internet instead of by using these extra images.