preparing for first installation - which User's Guide?
Hello,
I am preparing to make my first Linux installation. I have been studying
fips and am now confident it will be able to cut my Windows partition down
to size properly.
I would have liked to install a stable version of potato (Debian 2.2), but
the stable release seems to be delayed, so maybe it is better to stick with
slink (Debian 2.1) for now, would you agree?
Now, my real question is this: would you consider it advisable to get a
copy of the Debian User's Guide or will the information on the web be
sufficient (I realise the book itself is on the web)? The current
"standard" one by Dale Scheetz dates from last October - quite "old". But
the new one by Goerzen and Othman is not yet available. Will the new book
replace and make the old one obselete? Is it worth waiting for the new
book?
In case anyone is interested, I will make the installation on my laptop, a
Toshiba Satellite Pro 490CDT. I prefer unix to Windows, I've done a bit of
assistant administration of a unix machine, so I'm hoping the Debian
installation will go smoothly enough.
So, I looking forward to hearing anyone's opinion concerning the User
Guides.
Drew Parsons
Laboratoire de Chemie Theorique
Universite de Nancy I, B.P. 239
54506 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy Cedex, France
Fax: +33-(0)3 83 91 25 30
Email: Drew.Parsons@lctn.u-nancy.fr
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