• Debian on ARM64

    From shaun.corleys@icloud.com@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 8 23:10:01 2024
    Hiya,

    How do I get access to Debian 12 on ARM64?

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  • From Wookey@21:1/5 to Alan Corey on Fri Aug 9 01:40:01 2024
    On 2024-08-08 17:34 -0400, Alan Corey wrote:
    Thank you, it's not easy to find.

    Type 'debian' into a search engine. Top hit is: https://www.debian.org/

    Big 'download' icon on top right. It's true that the big 'Download' button get you an x86_64 image. But clicking on
    'other downloads' immediately below, gets you to: https://www.debian.org/distrib/

    Most of the images there are x86 too, except for the cloud ones. (We
    should fix that for the next release) But if you click on 'small
    installation image' or 'complete installation image' you get pages
    with images for all the arches on, including arm64.

    e.g. 'small installation image' gets you to https://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst with links for "Small CDs or
    USB sticks" https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/arm64/iso-cd/debian-12.6.0-arm64-netinst.iso

    I'm not convinced that that is really 'not easy to find', but I agree
    it could be fewer clicks, and we have too heavy an emphasis on x86_64
    for the modern age, and arm64 images should be on the 'other
    downloads' page, so thanks for bringing that to our attention. With a
    bit of luck someone will change it soon.

    Wookey
    --
    Principal hats: Debian, Wookware, ARM
    http://wookware.org/

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