Make the Debian CDs Better by Installing popcon

JayBonci writes "Not popcorn, popcon! (Short for popularity-contest) According to a recent message posted to debian-devel-announce, popcon numbers are being used to determine how things get arranged on the 13 CDs of the upcoming Debian stable release. Participation so far has been good, but the project could use more numbers from a broader user base. Please take a moment to install the package 'popularity-contest,' and help us make the distro better by allowing it to send us anonymous package usage statistics. You can see the results at Popularity Contest page."

Comments

It's a failure.

[Mr. Darl McBride]

I hate to point it out, but the first kernel-image is in 2794th place.

Re:This is a really good idea

[Penguinshit]

Actually, the best way is to just use Disc 1, get the base installation, and then do the rest via network (assuming you're on broadband - I shudder to think what an installation would be like over dialup).

This way you get the latest "stable" (oxymoron, I know) and all of the security updates as well.

I install Debian this way all the time (well, every time I'm doing a fresh installation).