Hi
Can somebody advise me how to download Debian Wheezy? I want to get away
from Ubuntu 12.4, which the developers have locked down hard enough that
I am unable to set it up the way I like my Linux to function. Key issue
is of course Unity, which I regard as excellent for all those who prefer
small screens (i.e. Smartphones and Tablets), but for those of us who
have bought large screens, Unity is a regression back towards the ugly
side of DOS. (You had to remember each command before you could use it.
Menus may be slow to work with, but their use is quick to learn, and for
infrequently used commands they are simply superior.)
I need the amd64 edition, and I do not want to download just a basic
system to try whether my knowledge is good enough to get it running, not
reams after reams of iso's that eventually I never use. A further
complication is that my wi-fi adaptor, D-link DWA-131 (Realtek RTL
8192SU), is not correctly installed by Suse 12.1 or Mageia-2-x86-64, and
perusal of the fora indicated that I will have to wait until kernel 3.4
(3.2 is currently used) becomes standard before I can use any rpm based
distribution.
I have tried Linux Mint XFCE as well, as another possible way to escape
Canonical's lockdown into Unity, but that does not install at all on my
machine for reasons apparently not connected to my hardware.
What is the most appropriate server here in NZ to download Debian?
Thank you
Wolfgang Vogelbein
