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what development tools come with debian squeeze? i was hoping to use the two versions of python and scratch and all the stuff eben has been talking about. does it come with the current download? i'm asking because there is a debian squeeze loaded sd card on ebay that i'm looking at and i want to end up with more than just lxde and midori. i want to do some programming.

here is the address to the ebay sd card

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Raspbe.....46029f97ad

Everything this vendor is doing can be done for free on any desktop computer, you might as well buy your own SD card and do it yourself, since the vendor is very vague on the specs of the cards he is selling..

Well, unless you feel like being lazy + taking chances.

Edit:

And about the dev tools.. do you have access to an internet connection? If so then you might as well just start with a fairly basic install and get more packages on the fly as you get a better grasp of what you really want.

The latest debian image - debian6-13-04-2012.img comes with python and geany (a light IDE) but not scratch - unless I misunderstand how you get to it.

The earlier version of debian doesn't so unless the vendor is confident about exactly what he's supplying I would not get it.

Frankly I wouldn't get it unless you have no way to burn a SD card yourself.

the description of the sd card is the same as the download page and the wiki page.

i would rather buy the cards preloaded. it's not that expensive. i'll only need 1. hopefully the rpi foundation will start selling cards soon.

Those images are not set in stone. Something is missing? Just install it! Every distribution has something called a package manager. That's an interface to an online repository where thousands of packages are waiting to get installed.

Installing a package is just a matter of one command you have to type in. It's almost as easy as pi(e)

So, if you can install an image on a card on your own, there is no need to buy a preloaded card.