Hello, I am preparing to make my first Linux installation. I have been studying fips and am now confident it will be able to cut my Windows partition down to size properly.
I would have liked to install a stable version of potato (Debian 2.2), but the stable release seems to be delayed, so maybe it is better to stick with slink (Debian 2.1) for now, would you agree? Now, my real question is this: would you consider it advisable to get a copy of the Debian User's Guide or will the information on the web be sufficient (I realise the book itself is on the web)? The current "standard" one by Dale Scheetz dates from last October - quite "old". But the new one by Goerzen and Othman is not yet available. Will the new book replace and make the old one obselete? Is it worth waiting for the new book? In case anyone is interested, I will make the installation on my laptop, a Toshiba Satellite Pro 490CDT. I prefer unix to Windows, I've done a bit of assistant administration of a unix machine, so I'm hoping the Debian installation will go smoothly enough. So, I looking forward to hearing anyone's opinion concerning the User Guides. Drew Parsons Laboratoire de Chemie Theorique Universite de Nancy I, B.P. 239 54506 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy Cedex, France Fax: +33-(0)3 83 91 25 30 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
