On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 07:26:19PM +0100, Antony Gelberg wrote: > Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > >On fredag 16 september 2005, 14:20, Fritz Brown wrote: > >>Help! I have recently begun an attempt to install Debian on a Sony > >>laptop (Mobile AMD K6-2 550MHz, 64MB RAM), and am thoroughly > >>overwhelmed with choices about which I know nothing! > >Yeah, I can really see that. It is huge, and not easy to gain an overview > >of. > >Others mention Sarge, the 3.1 version, and yeah, I wouldn't install Woody, > >for > >a desktop, it was allready outdated when it was released. But in fact, I > >would > >rather suggest you install Ubuntu, which is not Debian, but based on Debian. > >Have a look at http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ > >They'll send you a free CD too! Cheers, > >Kjetil > > I really don't think that this is the kind of thing to recommend on d-u > without > a very good reason. > Why not? Debian by itself can hardly be considered a starter distribution without the user making a signifcant outlay of time to gather a great deal of information and read. Distros like Ubuntu and Mepis take away much of the choice from the user and in return provide a package that is much easire for a new user to digest.
-Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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