You were lucky. I had to install my first Debian hit (1.1 / buzz) via recycled floppies downloaded over a 33.6k dialup. There is not a single time at my life

You were lucky. I had to install my first Debian hit (1.1 / buzz) via recycled floppies downloaded over a 33.6k dialup. There is not a single time at my life since where I haven't had a Debian installation somewhere since (currently have 46 machines running it at my command).