Re: newby trying to go debian
Quoting Rodrigo Alexandre <rodrigo@depoisdasdez.com.br>:
olá rodrigo,
i'm running debian amd64 sid and very happy to do that, but have to say you'll
lost a considerable amount of time to configure it....beeing brasilian you'd
better join estudiolivre.org list, which is a linux-group dedicated to
multimedia and offers tips, helps and good manuals.
ciao!
Vale
> dam and micha, really nice to count on your individual experience,
> that's what i like most in this linux environment, that people do
> support each other and this way things get solved in a much more solid
> ground. it's been some time now i want to go linux, have tried some
> distros (ubuntu, ubuntu 64) but had problems in the very basics and
> couldnt spend so much time on learning and tweaking, because i had
> tons of work to do and my windows was at least running all the softs i
> needed (of course not optimized and surely wasting hardware
> availability) to get my work done.
> now i should have an extra time for learning and googling and mIRCing,
> and of course playing with some linux distro. although i am a complete
> newbie with the penguim, i think i will try debian first. if
> everything gets real complicated, i might then go for other
> user-friendly distros. what i think now is that if i have to start
> from scratch, why not going with the ideal os?!
> i have tried ubuntu 64 but it really didnt work. the whole thing was
> very dodgy and i did not feel secure with it. the system was unstable
> even during installation. i hope debian is a more robust system, even
> though it might be more difficult in the begining.
> so the debian version i should try is this "sid" one, right? you say
> that debian is easier to customize (as opposed to ball and chain), but
> i didnt understand why then the stable version is frozen, i mean, why
> then cant i install the newest codecs in the stable (and "frozen"
> according to micha) version?
> this thing about running windows at the same time: is it a real
> advantage, both systems will run at full speed and without the danger
> of crash? i mean, how safe and useful is that?
> and just another question, if i burn this internet installation cd
> image, can i easily connect via pppoe during installation to continue
> with it? i mean, i need authentication to connect to the internet,
> will i be able to do so during installation?
>
> thanks again,
> rodrigo
>
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