On Tuesday, 18-06-2024 at 09:44 Vitold S wrote:
Good news everyone,
Sorry that the question may have already been clarified earlier, but
I am
not a regular member of the user mailing list, so I ask it again.
Every time I download the Debian image, I am faced with a moral
disorder
and philosophically go on a historical journey into the past, so
that I can
remember and dive deeply into memory during the times of using CDs.
Today in my environment I can be faced with a CD only for scaring
away
birds or as an intricate amulet on teenagers’ backpacks as a
reference to
the era of their parents, but not for recording images. Let's say,
is this
my particular progressive experience, or do people still find the
discs to
be as functional as ever?
If by CD you mean CD/DVD/BD then, I still have use for them in the
following ways...
More and more I see that people usually use USB flash drives
everyday and
some large companies (like Microsoft) today provide an image with a
USB
stick.
1) I use DVD ISO images to create a bootable USB flash drive. Super
easy to do. I do not know how to do this with BD images, so if you do,
please let me know.
# ls -hal /dev/sd*
# cp CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-2009.iso /dev/sdf
2) While small, I do have a collection of movie CDs, SVCDs, DVDs and
BDs that I can watch. Though to be realistic, I would prefer to have
these as files on the computer.
3) I have a several older computers which have CD/DVD drives by which
I can install from. However, once again, if find booting from a USB
is usually much easier.
4) I also create Virtual Machines on a regular basis, and use DVD ISO
images to do so. For this I prefer the ease of use of an ISO image.
5) There are some versions of Debian that I keep an entire DVD set of
ISO images, so even when Mirrors are not available, or no longer
supported, I can still build a complete system.
Is there a chance to change in next versions i.e. Debain 13 or other
versions an assembly specifically for a USB flash drive as primary
download? Do you think the time has come? When do you think this
moment
will happen?
While I would prefer not to see CD/DVD/BDs become extinct, it seems to
be inevitable that one day they will. Please do not hasten their
demise.
Again, forgive me if I don’t know some of the important details
and
difficulties of booting modern PCs via UEFI or some other feature
more
conveniently solved in the CD/DVD format. Then just tell me about
it, I'll
read it.
Thanks.
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<body>On Tuesday, 18-06-2024 at 09:44 Vitold S wrote:<br>
> Good news everyone,<br>
> <br>
> Sorry that the question may have already been clarified earlier, but I am<br>
> not a regular member of the user mailing list, so I ask it again.<br>
> <br>
> Every time I download the Debian image, I am faced with a moral disorder<br>
> and philosophically go on a historical journey into the past, so that I can<br>
> remember and dive deeply into memory during the times of using CDs.<br> > <br>
> Today in my environment I can be faced with a CD only for scaring away<br> > birds or as an intricate amulet on teenagers’ backpacks as a reference to<br>
> the era of their parents, but not for recording images. Let's say, is this<br>
> my particular progressive experience, or do people still find the discs to<br>
> be as functional as ever?<br>
If by CD you mean CD/DVD/BD then, I still have use for them in the following ways...<br>
> <br>
> More and more I see that people usually use USB flash drives everyday and<br>
> some large companies (like Microsoft) today provide an image with a USB<br>
> stick.<br>
1) I use DVD ISO images to create a bootable USB flash drive. Super easy to do. I do not know how to do this with BD images, so if you do, please let me know.<br>
# ls -hal /dev/sd*<br>
# cp CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-2009.iso /dev/sdf<br>
2) While small, I do have a collection of movie CDs, SVCDs, DVDs and BDs that I can watch. Though to be realistic, I would prefer to have these as files on the computer.<br>
3) I have a several older computers which have CD/DVD drives by which I can install from. However, once again, if find booting from a USB is usually much easier.<br>
4) I also create Virtual Machines on a regular basis, and use DVD ISO images to do so. For this I prefer the ease of use of an ISO image.<br>
5) There are some versions of Debian that I keep an entire DVD set of ISO images, so even when Mirrors are not available, or no longer supported, I can still build a complete system. <br>
<br><br>
> <br>
> Is there a chance to change in next versions i.e. Debain 13 or other<br> > versions an assembly specifically for a USB flash drive as primary<br> > download? Do you think the time has come? When do you think this moment<br><div>
> will happen?</div><div><br></div><div>While I would prefer not to see CD/DVD/BDs become extinct, it seems to be inevitable that one day they will. Please do not hasten their demise.<br></div><div><br></div>
> <br>
> Again, forgive me if I don’t know some of the important details and<br> > difficulties of booting modern PCs via UEFI or some other feature more<br> > conveniently solved in the CD/DVD format. Then just tell me about it, I'll<br>
> read it.<br>
> <br>
> Thanks.<br>
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