[Gllug] What's so good about Debian?

[Garry Heaton]

Chris Bell wrote:
> On Thu 09 Oct, FORSTER, David wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>Thanks to all who've replied... It's not that I'm a computer newbie, just a
>>Linux newbie and I've not had any experience with any Un*x based systems
>>before so everything's all just a little... er... different. I understand
>>the concepts and principles behind things but I get stuck on the trivial
>>things. Like the other day for some reason I couldn't start a shell script
>>by just typing it's filename, I had to precede it with a './' and still
>>haven't figured out why. The problem is that I'm so used to programming in
>>the M$ and VB environment that it's now difficult to do anything else and I
>>find it very frustrating :o)
>>
>>Anyway... thanks for the advice... I might try and get my hands on a set of
>>Debian ISOs and give it a try on a spare 4Gb drive I've got.
>>
>>David.
> 
> 
>    You will find plenty of information, guides, and HOWTOs at
> 
> http://www.tldp.org
> 
> and Debian specific information at
> 
> http://www.uk.debian.org
> 
>    Find out details of the computer hardware before you start, you may need
> details about video, sound, and network cards plus other add-on cards. You
> should also have any information available about your internet, local
> network, and email configuration.
> 
>    Set up any hardware connections needed to connect to your local network
> or the internet before you start so that the installation process can walk
> you through the setup.
> 
>    Do not try to install immediately everything you might need eventually,
> you are likely to be asked too many configuration questions before you are
> able to give sensible answers.
> 
>    The current version of Debian stable is 3.0 revision 1. There was a major
> change in the memory handling system in Linux Kernel 2.4 during the testing
> cycle for Debian version 3.0 so the Debian team did not consider the kernel
> 2.4 to be fully tested. Debian 3.0 was issued with Kernel 2.2 as standard,
> with Kernel 2.4 as an option. I recommend 2.4, but it should be selected
> right at the beginning of the installation process. Read the first page
> before you press <return> for the first time, use the function keys to see
> the various options before you start.
> 
>    You may wish to make notes about information shown on screen, it could
> save time later.
> 
>    The user ID and group ID allocated to a user should be the same on every
> computer on a local network, and it is easiest to achieve this when the user
> details are first entered.
> 

Hi Chris

To save time searching for hardware info how about running Knoppix then grep
your dmesg. Install Debian thereafter if you don't like Knoppix's software
selection.

Garry









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