On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:59:30 +0200
Edmund <nomail@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Ooops, just found out I need to download 21 CD's for installing
> Debian? How can that be, that cannot be the OS allone ( I hope ).
> Can't I find a plain Debian somewhere and only install what I need?

You just need the first disc to get a running system with a reasonable
amount of applications. The other discs are for additional stuff that
you might need. Combined with a Net connection, the first disc is ample
enough.

If you want even smaller, just get the Network Install CD (about 160MB
or so), which will install a bare minimum system, allowing you to grab
other stuff from the Net to get things like X and a desktop environment.
Heck, if you want, you could even install using two floppy discs.


Graham