Re: Cryptic website (scares away potential users)

SZÉPE Viktor <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.www
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I think if you are installing an operating system,
you may now what "CPU architecture" is.

Though I may be wrong. On Windows you have only amd64 which is a no-brainer.

Idézem/Quoting Henrik Rosenø <[email protected]>:

> To the Webmaster of https://www.debian.org/
>
>
> When I finally get to a page from where I can download a DVD ISO-image
> of the Debian OS - https://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/#stable - I get
> these options to choose from:
>
>   * amd64 <https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/>
>   * arm64 <https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/arm64/iso-dvd/>
>   * armel <https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/armel/iso-dvd/>
>   * armhf <https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/armhf/iso-dvd/>
>   * i386 <https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-dvd/>
>   * mips <https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/mips/iso-dvd/>
>   * mips64el
>     <https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/mips64el/iso-dvd/>
>   * mipsel <https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/mipsel/iso-dvd/>
>   * ppc64el <https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/ppc64el/iso-dvd/>
>   * s390x <https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/s390x/iso-dvd/>
>   * source <https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/source/iso-dvd/>
>
>
> How on Earth am I to know which to choose??
> This puts the Debian website in the 100% nerd/geek category where the
> rest of us just walk away.
> Do you want me to find another Linux distribution instead?
>
> Best regards,
> Henrik Rosenø
>
> --
> Henrik Rosenø, M.Sc (civilingeniør)
> Website: www.Transformation.DK
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SZÉPE Viktor, honlap üzemeltetés
https://github.com/szepeviktor/debian-server-tools/blob/master/CV.md
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