[NBLUG/talk] Where to start???

[Eric Eisenhart]

On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 05:43:06PM -0700, hayden wrote:
> I had hoped to download Debian with the new cd burner  but apparently my
> slow connection precludes this.   Reading nblug posts indicate it will,
> nonetheless, be useful in the future.
> 
> So there I am folks.  Anyone want to help create a "hatchling"?
> 
> yr. obdnt.srvnt.,
> 
> "Hayden the egg"

Well, a few things:
0) NBLUG has an installfest this coming Saturday.  It's not too late to sign
up.  http://nblug.org/installfest/  This does require bringing yourself and
your system into Sebastopol on a Saturday, however.

1) you don't need to (or want to!) download the entire Debian CD set. 
You'll probably want to download a "network install" ISO, and you'll
probably want the "sarge" (current testing, soon to become stable) Debian
distribution.

2) You can buy Debian 3.0r2 installation CDs from www.cheapbytes.com for
under $15.

3) if you can make it to a meeting, I'm sure somebody would be willing to
trade you already-burned Debian CDs for blank CD-Rs.
-- 
Eric Eisenhart
NBLUG Co-Founder & Director-At-Large
The North Bay Linux Users Group
http://nblug.org/
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