[Westwales] debian help

[Mark Illsley]

i have just installed Debian 3.0r0 DVD edition and i have a few 
questions.  please note that i have ordered the full cd set of debian 
3.0r1 and will be installing that at the weekend.

1)  i want to be able to run hdparm and a few others at startup.  how do 
i make an init script to do this and a few other task like this  and 
were do i put them.  i am used to using redhat based  distros and debian 
does not use the same scheme for its boot scripts does it?

2) if i was to compile gcc 3.2.1 can i and how do i set this version to 
the default for compiling other packages. (KDE 3.0.4 like this ver of 
gcc best)

3) does anyone have the debians diff source for KDE 3.0.4, QT 3.0.3 and 
GNOME 2 and if so can some one burn it to a CD for me (im willing to pay)?

on another note,  i have just had a promotion and have been put in 
charge of deploying and administoring all the servers that the company 
that i work for build and have service contracts for. a number of these 
are in schools and small businesses.  I am planning to start a local 
project to get open source into these places and was wondering if anyone 
had any idea's or if any one would like to get involved in any way. 
 although still in the planning stage i will be setting up a website 
soon and adding information for the heads of IT and other persons that 
it would be of use to.  if anyone would like to get involved let me know.