[Sussex] Debian install ?

[John D.]

Well, 

The debian is going OK, 

Steve's answers about installing kdm for root and using the "dpkg --install" 
for opera have worked an absolute treat.

Now it's a case of working out how to install the latest KDE (3.1.3), so I can 
enjoy some of the "eye candy" that desktop drones such as myself so delight 
in.

And work out how to get my scanner running.

I was wondering if any of you had come across this book

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0954161777/qid=1062705359/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_3_2/026-9501161-4705216#product-details

as it seems to indicate that it is quite up to date and from a "well informed" 
source ? (Although it is refered to as a "reference manual" - a little 
daunting for "command line novices" like me - I thought it would be the 
better option as there is a dearth of books about "bash" that haven't been 
produced by O'Really).

regards

John D.