On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 06:32:06PM +0100, Niels Rasmussen wrote: > Hi all hi, welcome. > > Now my decision have been made I want to install Debian ! > great! > Using Debian should only be for desktop use (Gnome), mayby later > supplied with some webserver stuff. > > But I have some doubts/thoughts about which flavour to use. > > I want to have a stable release installed and then "Sarge" would be > the choice, but looking at the descriptions mayby "Etch" should be the > lucky one, primarily because my processor is 64 bit. > sarge is currently stable, but etch is in freeze and will become stable very shortly. > My System (Fujitsu-Siemens Scaleo H) (Vista ready BLEEH !!): > AMD 64 3800+ X2 DUAL core, 2000 Mhz, 2 core's 2 processors > 2 GB of RAM's > 2x250 GB harddisc (one of them used to store music and fotos) > ATI Radeon X700SE w/256 MB > Samsung Syncmaster 940BF, LCD > WLAN Router D-Link DI-524 > > What release and what installation method would you recommend ?? > personally, for desktop use, I would recommend you go ahead with "Etch". It will be stable soon. Its in freeze already which means there won't be many changes in the short-term. It has much better support for modern hardware than sarge. Finally, it has a nice new gui installer. A
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