[SLUG] Tonight's meeting (Debian installer)

[Fintan Gaughan]

On 06/02/07, Fintan Gaughan <fgaughan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/02/07, john at johnallsopp.co.uk <john at johnallsopp.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hi ppl
> >
> > It's SLUG tonight, but it's one of the ones I can't attend. But since
> > I'm organising the meetings, I didn't want to not send the reminder
> > email.
> >
> > I recognise I'm not doing a grand job of organising the meetings, so
> > if anyone else fancies a go, that's cool, but I'm happy to carry on
> > otherwise.
> >
> > Tonights subject should be Mono, since that's the main feature in the
> > Feb edition of Linux Format.
> >
> > On another note, I'm getting a very old (Windows 3.11) laptop back
> > from the repairers today, anyone got any recommendations for
> > distributions for it? And I think the main way in is floppy disc .. is
> > that possible?
> >
> > J
>
> If you got broadband and you have access to windows click on this
> website http://goodbye-microsoft.com/ to install Debian.
> (Warning to windows users clicking on install will download the debian.exe file)
>
> what is does is install a small debian.exe file then you chose either
> graphical or text-mode when you  reboot the machine you have a
> selection which os to choose.
> when selecting Debain for first time you have a choice of partition or
> fully install Debain (like we all did with other OS's)
> then it installs Debian from internet took me 40 minute and you only
> have to do than once of course.
>
> see screen shot here http://goodbye-microsoft.com/screenshots/
>
> I have done this and it worked well impressed!!
>
> note there is a ubunto one like this but you will have to google it
>

I forgot to add you don't need floppy or cd rom to install it.. all
you need internet (broadband prefered)

Regards,
Fintan