Jonathan Gift wrote: > > Eric Richardson wrote: > > > > >From the Debian site it would seem that 2.2r2 (potato) would be a good > > choice. I would prefer something that would have the least problems > > installing, running etc. This will be the users first taste of Linux and > > my first install of debian. Do you agree? > > Debian is a lot harder than another distro like Red Hat or Mandrake, > where I started. But once you sort of know wha you're doing, Debian is > far superior (IMHO). The 2.2 setup is foolproof if you want to start > with Debian. I wouldn't have said the same for 2.1. It's just that > certain things like sound and apm are not up and running without some > work. > > > > > I also would also like to buy a CD and I think Official CD with contrib > > to Debian would be fine. Any recommended sources from this list? > > http://www.debian.org/distrib/vendors (US) > > I was recommended Cheapytes and it's a great set. No CDR.
I'm sorry, I really don't know how "no CDR" would affect me. Also on the site they are showing 2.2r0 but I'll send them an email about r2.
