Re: [MLUG] Debian

[Johann Luebbering <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Ian Monroe wrote:

> For future reference, unless your installing Debian on a computer with 
> no internet access, burning all 11 CDs is a waste of time and 
> material. You just need the one CD to boot off of and get you going, 
> from there it easy to download and install from the internet. You can 
> even install Debian from floppy disk fairly easily, I've seen someone 
> do it and it wasn't as big a hassle as I thought it was going to be.
>
> I'd also second the other suggestions to use Mepis. I've seen so many 
> failed Debian installs at installfests. And its software is so old 
> (since Debian Woody is at the end of its life... the situation should 
> improve after the next release). I haven't used Mepis before, but it 
> does look interesting and more ideal for the home desktop then Debian.
>
> Another interesting looking community distro is Arch Linux. Their 
> packages look up to date. It's still pretty new and probably a little 
> rough around the edges. Its not based on Debian, it has its own 
> package system.
>
> I use Gentoo, but I've seen even fairly computer-savvy (albeit not 
> Linux-savvy) people have serious issues trying to install it. Once its 
> installed, you got your kernel compiled right etc. etc., things become 
> easy. The Gentoo developers obviously try to make a Gentoo systems 
> pretty easy to maintain.

Well...  it was going on a computer which had only dialup access, which 
is why I did the 11-CD burn.

As it works out, I decided to do a Mandrake install instead, which is 
mostly up and going (missing dialup capability still, though).  Once I'm 
a bit more Linux-familiar, I still plan on sitting down and trying my 
hand at Debian.
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