Hi Derek I remember hearing about Corel, I never knew Debian was to be its successor, almost makes me wish I started learning Linux earlier. I have had some success with a few distros for example Redhat, Mandrake, Slackware, Fat Linux and now Debian but I have to say Debian is the easiest to setup with very little help which was not the case with the other distros I mentioned above. Second to Debian I would choose Redhat but unfortunately the support was not there where as with Debian I have had support from day one and if reading the documentation from the Debian web site wasn't enough the mailing list provided me with all the support I could ask for. Personally I don't think Debian should be frowned upon as just an introductory package to Linux, it is a very powerful Linux distribution with over three thousand packages to choose from, we are spoilt for choice. I intend to try the Ham radio software in the near future and I have already been using a Debian package called GSchem for drawing up schematics. My next trick will be to findout if my modem is compatible.
Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Broughton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 2:30 PM Subject: Re: Debian PC Requirements > Nick wrote: > > > > I am very new to Debian, I have had some success with Redhat but I like > > Debian, its ease of installation and all the great tools and packages make > > it a very sexy package and it's FREE! But if I am ever to learn I have to > > ask questions or else I will never be in a position to bin my Windows cd's > > Hey, Nick, you're our kind of guy! Many people complain that Debian > isn't a good intro system for Linux. It's too hard to get it working > (so they say). I started with a Debian system (Corel Linux) and while > the Corel part was junked fairly quickly, I've never been sorry I chose > Debian. > > So, as people have told you, any currently (or even not so current) > available processor should be usable. The tricky bits are the video and > modems. You seem to have the video worked out, but modems... So many > are Winmodems that it becomes important to check for compatibility first. > >> > >>My point in the email was: if you can buy it on the market, you should > >>be able to run Debian on it. Only the cutting edge stuff will give you > >>slight > >>head aches from lack of drivers. (Well win-modems will cause head aches > >>too). > -- > derek > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
