On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 05:16:06PM -0700, Kristen Brown wrote: > I am fairly new to Linux and I would like to out > Debian on my new PC. I have been to the installation > site but I still can't tell what or how to download. > It will be going on a Windows box so is there anything > I need to know about how to make it work. Thanx, It depends on a lot of different things. Are you able to burn a cdrom? If so, it's maybe best to download an iso. Ofcourse you also need a fast internet connection for this to be viable. Experienced users will probably frown at the suggestion of getting a complete installation iso. But it enables you to try a few installs without "dynamically" downloading all you need time after time. If you can't burn a cdrom, you can use floppies or buy a cdrom. If you read the installation manual, which can be found in the documentation section of www.debian.org, all is explained. Linux and Windows can coexist on a system. Do make sure to have a backup in case something goes wrong (it shouldn't). Hopefully your system has hardware supported by Linux. Most hardware is. Installing Debian is not that difficult, but some distributions are easier to setup for someone who has little knowledge about installing an OS. If you can answer questions about disk partitions and some simple networking, the Debian installer works perfectly. If those questions pose a problem, you might want to try Mandrake or Suse first. Good luck and hopefully you will have fun. Bob
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