Debian 8.8 released

Debian-installer (minimal ISO) hangs during installation.

I wonder if they've bothered fixing this type of problem - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794410 - which I also experienced twice, trying to install an earlier version of Debian 8 (minimal). Version 7 worked fine, though.

For that matter, haven't had issues using the Ubuntu minimal (around 55MB) installer, other than the fact the process froze at around the 80% finished mark, when I selected 2 desktops in the same installation. Just chose MATE to install on its own, after that.
 
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I wonder if they've bothered fixing this type of problem - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794410 - which I also experienced twice, trying to install an earlier version of Debian 8 (minimal). Version 7 worked fine, though.

For that matter, haven't had issues using the Ubuntu minimal (around 55MB) installer, other than the fact the process froze at around the 80% finished mark, when I selected 2 desktops in the same installation. Just chose MATE to install on its own, after that.
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Did you try the extra CD's with proprietary firmware?

They're available on the Debian website. You'll need them for nonfree firmware, such as some WiFi adapters etc.

Here they are:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/

Choose the one that corresponds to the version of Debian you're trying to install, and unzip the file on the root of your installation USB.

HTH
 
@Flojo - thanks for the info., though I'll just stick with Ubuntu ; it's more than stable enough & I can control when I want updates - two of the things I was looking for in using Linux.

No rolling-release distros. for me :), though I would like to at least try this sometime - http://obrevenge.weebly.com/mate-revenge.html - on a spare SSD .. mainly because I like the look that's been achieved.

http://obrevenge.weebly.com
Meet OBRevenge OS, a Gnu Linux operating system based on Arch Linux. OBRevenge OS features a light and fast Arch Linux base, with the cutting edge software that Arch is known for, ..
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