Hi Clay. 1) Yes, Debian can co-exist with Win95. Using something called LILO( Linux Loader ), it can become your boot manager, which will allow you boot multiple OS's.
2) You can get plenty of packages for Debian for compiling other languages. Java, C, C++, Perl and shell scripting are just a few of the many exciting languages you can code under. And god forbid.. shucky darns.. no VB. ;-) Best thing you could do is buy a book on Linux and dive in. Running Linux by O'rieley and Associates seems to be a good start for many people, as it starts with the customization and installation of Linux right down to its use. Personally. I would suggest breaking down and going to www.lsl.com and buying the CD SuperPak, which contains 7 cds FULL of linux stuff. My fav.. is the Debain 1.31 Source CD, and Binary CD.. which made my first installs nice. It also includes RedHat, Slackware and a sunsite archive 3 cd set. And hey.. its like 10 bucks. Good luck. Clayton Berry wrote: > > Howdy. I'm new to linux/gnu and have a couple questions I haven't been > able to find answers to. > > 1) Can Debian co-exist with my windows95 environment? > 2) Does Debian come with compilers for languages other than Xwindows. > (i.e. c, c++, java, and such?) > > I realize these are probably simple questions, but I got tired of > surfing pages to find the answers. > > Thanks a lot! > Clayton Berry > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- Dana M. Epp [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
