Re: Installing Debian or Linux

2002-03-24 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 04:22:24PM +0800, Craig Sampson wrote: > On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 22:41:51 +1100, John Lynch wrote: > > >>It has a very easy install with good hardware autodetection > >>and has > >>probably the best manuals I have ever seen with a Linux > distribution. > > > >Can you download

Re: Installing Debian or Linux

2002-03-24 Thread Tony Crawford
Craig Sampson wrote (on 24 Mar 2002 at 16:22): > Like all RPM (or rather non APT) > distros its a nightmare to update and keep updated but you don't > care about this when you are completely new and can't get > anything running. LOL! T. -- -- Tony Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- +49-3341-30 9

Re: Installing Debian or Linux

2002-03-24 Thread Craig Sampson
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 22:41:51 +1100, John Lynch wrote: >>It has a very easy install with good hardware autodetection >>and has >>probably the best manuals I have ever seen with a Linux distribution. > >Can you download SuSe for free over the internet? Yes. >And also, can u install it in a dual

Re: Installing Debian or Linux

2002-03-22 Thread Davor Balder
On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 09:52:03AM +0800, csj wrote: > On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 05:32:12PM +1100, John Lynch wrote: > > Thanks a lot Matthew and everyone else. > > > > okay, here's another 2 questions. > > > > What is the best Linux OS to install for a newbie, and it still connects to > > the net

Re: Installing Debian or Linux

2002-03-20 Thread csj
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 05:32:12PM +1100, John Lynch wrote: > Thanks a lot Matthew and everyone else. > > okay, here's another 2 questions. > > What is the best Linux OS to install for a newbie, and it still connects to > the net and has Windows XP as the default OS? > > and also, Would 1 gig b

Re: Installing Debian or Linux

2002-03-20 Thread Pat Colbeck
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 10:41:51PM +1100, John Lynch wrote: > Can you download SuSe for free over the internet? > And also, can u install it in a dual boot system with the linux partition > having 1 gig? Yes you can install it via FTP see: http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/lmuelle_suselinux_interne

Re: Installing Debian or Linux

2002-03-20 Thread John Lynch
The Wise Pat Colbeck said: Hi Personally I would recommend SuSE for a complete Linux/Unix newbie. It has a very easy install with good hardware autodetection and has probably the best manuals I have ever seen with a Linux distribution. Can you download SuSe for free over the internet? And als

Re: Installing Debian or Linux

2002-03-20 Thread Pat Colbeck
Hi Personally I would recommend SuSE for a complete Linux/Unix newbie. It has a very easy install with good hardware autodetection and has probably the best manuals I have ever seen with a Linux distribution. Its probably the easiest distro to get you up and running with say KDE, printing and an

Re: Installing Debian or Linux

2002-03-20 Thread timothy bauscher
timothy the *poor* speller spake: > Tbe best? Umm, that's strictly opinion. IMHO, > the easiest is hardly over the best. That doesn't even make sense!!! Brain panic! *#7293>#4/2019.? Time to shutdown... (==timothy==) "Live to learn. Learn to love. Love to live." -- me

Re: Installing Debian or Linux

2002-03-20 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 00:32, John Lynch wrote: > Thanks a lot Matthew and everyone else. > > okay, here's another 2 questions. > > What is the best Linux OS to install for a newbie, and it still connects to > the net and has Windows XP as the default OS? > > and also, Would 1 gig be enough to p

Re: Installing Debian or Linux

2002-03-20 Thread timothy bauscher
> What is the best Linux OS to install for a newbie, and it still > connects to > the net and has Windows XP as the default OS? Tbe best? Umm, that's strictly opinion. IMHO, the easiest is hardly over the best. Just because Mandrake and RedHat are easy to install doesn't mean that they are the be

Re: Installing Debian or Linux

2002-03-20 Thread John Lynch
Thanks a lot Matthew and everyone else. okay, here's another 2 questions. What is the best Linux OS to install for a newbie, and it still connects to the net and has Windows XP as the default OS? and also, Would 1 gig be enough to practice installing Debian (or another Linux OS) on? thanks