Definitely go with slink. I would say that to even the most experienced linux users, if they're new to debian. Once you're comfortable with that, consider going to potato. Keep in mind that potato is unstable which means it has not been officially released yet, and won't be for some time.
-Brad On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Chris Concannon wrote: > Hello again > > I have a few more questions, but first I'd like to sincerely thank everyone > who took the time to reply to my last series of questions (the "Argh! I > think my last msg sent as HTML...." thread). It blew my mind when I was > getting replies to my questions within an hour or so of mailing them to the > list. Very cool indeed :) > > The one problem is that due to all the answers I've received, I've become a > tad bit confused...I'm not worried anymore about getting Road Runner > working, and I'm pretty confident my system configuration is fine, but now > my problem is this: Which Debian version to use? I can't decide whether to > install from my Slink CDs then upgrade everything (speaking of which, I > tried to go to the netgod site to look at the X updates, but I couldn't > connect, and when I tried to go in Netscape, it asked for a password..), or > to download Potato and cross my fingers that I can get it to work. > > I think it's suitable for me to elaborate a bit more on myself and what I > intend to use this machine for. I want to use this computer as a learning > tool. I want to learn as much about my computers and computer languages (I > have my eyes fixed on C, Python, and Perl at the moment) as possible. I > don't think I can get the best experience out of any Microsoft product, > since 1) everything is so [EMAIL PROTECTED] expensive, and 2) too much is > hidden from > you in MS OSes for me to really learn anything I don't already know. > Unfortunatly, I'm bound to using Windows 98 on this computer (I'm a bit of a > gameaholic), but the other computer is entirely open (the one I listed the > specs for in my last msg). > > I am a Linux novice, even though I've installed several distributions > multiple times. I don't need a rock-solid-stable system, but I don't want > something that I have to fight with every day just to get it to work. I've > decided for sure I want to use Debian, as I like the free software ideas > quite a bit (both freedom AND free beer appeal to me, I must say :) ), and > my experience on the list yesterday re-enforced rumors I'd heard that the > Debian community is among the most helpful. I'm just not sure as to whether > I should use Slink to Potato, thats all. I'm on a cable modem, and I love > upgrading things (it's an odd fascination I have, but downloading things and > having everything up-to-date, even when I don't need it to be, is really fun > for me) so how much/how often I'd have to download updates isn't an issue. > Actually, if apt is as easy as I've heard it is, it could actually be a plus > that frequent updates come out. > > If anyone can make sense out of everything I've typed, and could offer some > advice, I'd appreciate it. > > Chris > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
