Re: Recommend Version/book/cd source

[Eric Richardson <eric@milagrosoft.com>]

Jonathan Gift wrote:
> 
> Eric Richardson wrote:
> >
> > >From the Debian site it would seem that 2.2r2 (potato) would be a good
> > choice. I would prefer something that would have the least problems
> > installing, running etc. This will be the users first taste of Linux and
> > my first install of debian. Do you agree?
> 
> Debian is a lot harder than another distro like Red Hat or Mandrake,
> where I started. But once you sort of know wha you're doing, Debian is
> far superior (IMHO). The 2.2 setup is foolproof if you want to start
> with Debian. I wouldn't have said the same for 2.1. It's just that
> certain things like sound and apm are not up and running without some
> work.
> 
> >
> > I also would also like to buy a CD and I think Official CD with contrib
> > to Debian would be fine. Any recommended sources from this list?
> > http://www.debian.org/distrib/vendors (US)
> 
> I was recommended Cheapytes and it's a great set. No CDR.

I'm sorry, I really don't know how "no CDR" would affect me. 

Also on the site they are showing 2.2r0 but I'll send them an email
about r2.