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[Nick Hockings - FreeNET Africa]

Debian's install interface is not graphically pretty, but fairly 
straightforward for basic install. I recomend you just use tasksel for the 
first install. That should get you a workstation with a GUI. Then you can 
add/remove whichever apps. I often use dselect because I like to see what 
is available and it is quite good with dependency handling.

I find the best way to install is from an apt-proxy in another partition 
on the same hard-drive. That should be straightforward to set up if you 
are downloading via ADSL. Look for options on the downloads pages of the 
Debian mirror you are using.

The "fun" will come with setting up all the drivers for all cards & 
ancilliaries. You may be luckier with an imac having a smaller variety of 
hardware options may mean that you have a better chance of getting it all 
right. I am still stuck with my modem, but I haven't spent that much time 
on it recently. (So far I haven't found a distro that does manage to set 
up my modem. That is my fault though.)

On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 08:27:00 -0000, "kemal" <kruzgar@onetel.net.uk> wrote :

> Hi Nick i also have broadband so can download iso helpw ith insatll appr 
as
> i have never used debian before how does it compare to mandrake?
> kemal
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Nick Hockings
nick@freenetafrica.org