Re: XP oerrating system
On Friday 03 January 2003 10:54 am, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 05:31:03AM -0800, Beatrice I. Smith wrote:
> > I have the XP home operating system on my PC. Is it possible to
> > install the Debian Linux OS on this pc?
>
> Most likely. Linux supports all common hardware, so unless you've got
> some really weird stuff in your PC, it should not present any problems.
While Linux supports all common hardware, there is a problem with Debian and
some recent hardware (like my ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon, which I've had for
more than a year). Since Debian is VERY slow in updating, sometimes it is
necessary to go to the testing or unstable versions to get software that
supports some hardware.
I couldn't get Debian working for more than a week. It would install, but
XFree86 would not run. I finally got XFree86 from the testing version, and
it finally worked with my video card.
> You can get Debian on CD-ROM at
> http://cart.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart/0070010836.html Or see
> http://www.debian.org/distrib/ for other ways to get it.
>
> noah
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