Re:Debian 10 “Buster” Released
by jefurii on Saturday July 06, 2019 @09:44PM
(#20373115)
Really? What about the "Download Debian 10.0" link in the top right of the home page? Or "The latest stable release of Debian is 10.0" down near the fold? There's also the "Getting Debian" link at the head of one of the columns right in the middle of the page.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
I agree that the links are there on the front page, but the page as a whole is so busy that they’re hard to spot!
I think the OP is right that the Debian homepage could probably do with some simplification - there’s nothing wrong with having all these options available, but most people are just going to want a CD image they can write to a USB stick these days.
None of those are actually download links. Keep digging. Go past the definition of "free", turn left at the difference between a USB stick and a flexible USB stick, and then the third door from the end of the hall across from the one marked JIGDO MIPSEL will take you into a dark closet filled with laundry and checksums. It may as well be root/.workspace/.garbage.
The "Download Debian 10.0" is a direct link to the ISO.
Which is not the first link one sees for "Getting Debian" on the left-justified front page. In fact the first link one sees for "Getting Debian" is called "Getting Debian", and it takes you into the upside down.
So in order to use your link, first you need to be lucky or wired (because that download doesn't include the wifi firmware that most people will need for the install), and then you need to either already know where not to go or spend time digging around and backtracking.