[NBLUG/talk] I'm on the war path now!

Robert Hayes rhayes at silcom.com
Tue May 31 14:35:38 PDT 2005


Nobody seems to be mentioning an install of testing from the Knoppix CD.
That is about as easy and painless a Debian install as there is.

Any thoughts to the contrary?

On Tuesday 31 May 2005 02:02 pm, Troy Arnold wrote:
> On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 01:52:40PM -0700, A'fish'ionado wrote:
> > > Debian:  My choice.  Huge package selection.  Free.  Easy to
> > > update/upgrade.
> >
> > I love Debian too, but I wouldn't advise it for a first Linux install,
> > unless you're ready to spend a lot of time learning. :-) SuSE is
> > easier on newbies to setup, IME.
> >
> > Although, if you can get someone at one of the installfests to install
> > Debian and get everything working for you, then I'd go for it. Debian
> > is nicer to work with than SuSE, I've found, once you've got
> > everything working.
>
> The Debian Sarge installer Does Not Suck (tm)   There's no need to fear
> Debian installs any more (unless, perhaps, you're running very
> new-to-the-market hardware)
>
> -t
>
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