Re: Debian PC Requirements
Hi Derek
I remember hearing about Corel, I never knew Debian was to be its successor,
almost makes me wish I started learning Linux earlier.
I have had some success with a few distros for example Redhat, Mandrake,
Slackware, Fat Linux and now Debian but I have to say Debian is the easiest
to setup with very little help which was not the case with the other distros
I mentioned above. Second to Debian I would choose Redhat but unfortunately
the support was not there where as with Debian I have had support from day
one and if reading the documentation from the Debian web site wasn't enough
the mailing list provided me with all the support I could ask for.
Personally I don't think Debian should be frowned upon as just an
introductory package to Linux, it is a very powerful Linux distribution with
over three thousand packages to choose from, we are spoilt for choice. I
intend to try the Ham radio software in the near future and I have already
been using a Debian package called GSchem for drawing up schematics. My next
trick will be to findout if my modem is compatible.
Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Broughton" <dbroughton@netcom.ca>
To: <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: Debian PC Requirements
> Nick wrote:
>
>
> > I am very new to Debian, I have had some success with Redhat but I like
> > Debian, its ease of installation and all the great tools and packages
make
> > it a very sexy package and it's FREE! But if I am ever to learn I have
to
> > ask questions or else I will never be in a position to bin my Windows
cd's
>
> Hey, Nick, you're our kind of guy! Many people complain that Debian
> isn't a good intro system for Linux. It's too hard to get it working
> (so they say). I started with a Debian system (Corel Linux) and while
> the Corel part was junked fairly quickly, I've never been sorry I chose
> Debian.
>
> So, as people have told you, any currently (or even not so current)
> available processor should be usable. The tricky bits are the video and
> modems. You seem to have the video worked out, but modems... So many
> are Winmodems that it becomes important to check for compatibility first.
> >>
> >>My point in the email was: if you can buy it on the market, you should
> >>be able to run Debian on it. Only the cutting edge stuff will give you
> >>slight
> >>head aches from lack of drivers. (Well win-modems will cause head aches
> >>too).
> --
> derek
>
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