users@linuxforums.org wrote:
We are using Debian for a linux installation, .. yet there is NO need to setup a Server and all that jazz. The only instructions or "How to" guides we have instruct building a server, networking, etc. [b:47e5d03b6f]All we want is a Regular WORKSTATION setup.....[/b:47e5d03b6f] word processing, graphic type work, home Internet Access, possibly a BASIC and/or C compiler, etc. .... that's IT. What options or choices should we look for a regular setup like this during installation? Thank you in advance for any help. ---- Message posted via www.linuxforums.org .
The instructions at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install.en.html#contents are for setting up a minimal system (neither server, nor workstation). Then just install other packages you'd want on your workstation, like so:apt-get install x-window-system kde openoffice.org mozilla-firefox mozilla-thunderbird bibletime gimp gaim xmms gramps synaptic xpdf
which will go a long way toward getting you a functional workstation. You can use "dselect" (older method) or "aptitude" (recommended) or "synaptic" (in X only) as a menu-driven front-end for selecting packages.
-- Kent