Re: I'm new to Debian and need advice
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David Witbrodt wrote on Wed Aug 08, 2001 um 08:48:26PM:
> I have the CD from a book, "Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 Unleased", but the
> kernel there is 2.0.36. From the reading I've done, especially the
Don't use it! This is the pretty old Slink, expect crapy old software
and problems with larget disks (and many new hardware pieces).
> My first question is: will potato work with my 40 Gb HD, or do I
> need sid or woody?
It should.
> My second question is: even if potato would work, should I get sid
> or woody anyway? (It looks like most people are running the "testing"
No. If you are new, don't try non-stable releases. You maybe have more
luck wit Progeny (http://www.progeny.com) which combine parts of Stable
and Woody with a Newbie-friendly installation system.
> Then, the computer that I just got was a gift, and it was packaged
> with a Riptide chameleon combo card with modem and sound on the same
> card. I've looked around and it looks like this card won't work with
> Linux, so I need to replace it. (It's crap anyway, so I'm going to
If you are lucky, this thing could emulate the usuall Soundblaster and a
modem, but don't expect wonders.
> If you had to pick a new sound card, which would you pick?
Cheaper choice: Soundblaster PCI 16/64/128. They work good with modules
es1370 and es1371.
> If you had to pick a new modem, which would you pick?
Something external, for the serial port. Don't take internal PCI-cards,
that are in most cases not real modems (so called Win-Modems).
Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
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