Re: I'm new to Debian and need advice

2001-08-09 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2001-08-09T03:29:47Z, David Witbrodt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks for the response! No problem! We were all "newbies" at one time. :) > That helps. I will probably be installing the testing version, then. If you haven't started the install yet, then you may wish to listen to some

Re: I'm new to Debian and need advice

2001-08-09 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include David Witbrodt wrote on Wed Aug 08, 2001 um 08:48:26PM: > I have the CD from a book, "Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 Unleased", but the > kernel there is 2.0.36. From the reading I've done, especially the Don't use it! This is the pretty old Slink, expect crapy old software and problems with l

Re: I'm new to Debian and need advice

2001-08-09 Thread David Knudsen
David Witbrodt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > My first question is: will potato work with my 40 Gb HD, or do I > need sid or woody? I recently performed my first linux installation, and Debian potato works fine with my Maxtor 40GB drive. The BIOS on my motherboard d

Re: I'm new to Debian and need advice

2001-08-09 Thread Sebastiaan
High, On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, David Witbrodt wrote: > Hi, > > I'm in the process of backing up a decade's worth of old files I > want to keep, burning to CD-R. Once finished, I plan to partition and > install 4 OS's, including Debian. > I have the CD from a book, "Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 Unleased"

Re: I'm new to Debian and need advice

2001-08-08 Thread David Witbrodt
Kirk, Thanks for the response! > I can't speak for most people, but I personally enjoy testing. It's not > quite as stable as, well, stable, but I rarely encounter any significant > errors. The benefit is that you get much newer versions of many of the > packages. That helps. I will proba

Re: I'm new to Debian and need advice

2001-08-08 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2001-08-09T00:48:26Z, David Witbrodt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It looks like most people are running the "testing" version even though it > might crash more, right? I can't speak for most people, but I personally enjoy testing. It's not quite as stable as, well, stable, but I rarely enco

I'm new to Debian and need advice

2001-08-08 Thread David Witbrodt
Hi, I'm in the process of backing up a decade's worth of old files I want to keep, burning to CD-R. Once finished, I plan to partition and install 4 OS's, including Debian. I have the CD from a book, "Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 Unleased", but the kernel there is 2.0.36. From the reading I've done,