-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
Hi Ryan..
Ryan D'Baisse wrote: | I am looking to move from FC2 to Debian, but have questions...
I haven't used Redhat since it was Redhat, but here goes..
| 1. I am still a Linux newbie. Most of the install issues, both with | the OS and with applications, have been taken care of for me with the | slick install wizard and the RPM-based installations. How much of a | learning curve would one be faced with from Fedora to Debian?
I think zero, with the new debian-installer project, installing debian is a breeze, whereas this was the most difficult part of using Debian before.
| 2. I have been reading two books, "Linux Pocket Guide," by O'Reilly, | and "Beginning Linux Programming," by Wrox. Both tend to stress Red | Hat and Fedora. Will these books still be of use to me on Debian?
Yes.
| 3. My primary machine is a laptop (Toshiba 5005-S507). Most of the | info I can find on Google, pertaining to laptops, is for Fedora or | Mandrake. How well does Debian handle laptops? Any URLs would be | GREATLY appreciated.
Amazingly - using Gnome with Debian I had support for EVERY feature on my laptop. Using KDE I have support for every feature, bar the hardware volume controls. Have you looked at linux-laptop.org for walkthroughs for your model?
| 4. My second biggest problem on Fedora was/is wireless support. I am | currently using FC2 with Linuxant's DriverLoader software on my | Linksys WPC54G PCMCIA NIC. Be honest; am I going to be crying if I | try to set this up?
I use the free ndiswrapper - works like a dream. Took me less than 2 minutes to set up.
| 5. And, finally, my biggest problem, and one of the reasons I am | looking to leave Fedora, is ACPI. I have to bypass it with later | versions of the FC2 kernel and with the base install of FC3. And, | unfortunately, there are problems with my NIC if I bypass it. How | tightly integrated is ACPI with Debian? Any chance I can get away | from these issues by switching from Fedora to Debian.
I don't use ACPI - no problems. Hope this helps a little. The main advantage I've found in using Debian over any previous distribution however, is apt-get; I love it.. it keeps me updated with the latest version of everything. I haven't had a problem with commercian software either (VMWare). Debian is a dream come true for me. If it doesn't look good for you - maybe look into Ubuntu which is debian based. Hope this helps somewhat, Cheers, Tim
- -- Tim Ebenezer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
iD8DBQFBziQPEB6ldf04qpcRAmbIAJ423Hjg8vJXTg8WPJUeJ54LN8+pLQCgxUrI hW8iER2qD3X3bD2AtQ9chOA= =26P1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
