[GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 09:28:47AM -0500, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote:
> Greetings To GTALUG,
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> I am starting to order the parts for building a new desktop PC to run debian Linux as primary operating system. Replacing an ancient Dell desktop PC with MS Windows XP.
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> I'm looking for a source for full set of physical debian Linux (LXDE) installation DVDs (NOT a live install, as I understand that Linux does not yet support live install with UEFI).

My exeprience with the live installers is that they don't work very well
in general.

> I need the installation DVDs because I use a very slow telephone-grade dial-up line modem for my Internet connection, so a Linux installation via network is not feasible. (I plan to try to keep using the dial-up line with the new debian Linux PC, at least for the first while. GTALUG advice put me on to the idea of using a USB dial-up modem with Linux.)
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> Found a U.S.A.-side vendor www.shoplinuxonline.org but am concerned about getting caught in snags with payment / collection of Canadian customs duties, that may be collected by courier delivering to the Canadian address from U.S.A
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> Does anyone know of a Canadian-side online seller of debian Linux (LXDE) DVD installation sets ??

https://www.jbox.ca/product-category/computers-tablets/software/linux-cds-dvds/debian-cds-dvds/

> I could potentially beg use of a friend's Windows 10 setup on Bell Fibe, and download the debian Linux LXDE) DVD image files and burn the DVDs myself, but I prefer to avoid the hassle and probable mistakes.
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> Any thoughts from GTALUG members, on this piddling but potentially messy detail of getting a full set of debian Linux (LXDE) install DVDs, greatly appreciated !!

Why DVD and not use USB keys?

There is a place in canada that will sell DVD sets, but for a complete
13 disc set it is $45 which seems pretty crazy.  And that isn't even
the current version of Debian.

Certainly one option would be to get the 3 BD images with jigdo and dump
them onto 3 32GB USB keys (which you can pick up at costco for about
$36 for a 3pack).  Would be much faster than the DVDs to use, less hassle
too, and reusable in the future for other things, like the next version.

Of course you could probably get away with just one usb key with the
first BD since the software is sorted by popularity and you likely would
never need what is on the second and third BD.

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Len Sorensen