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Hendrik Boom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 10:22:27PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: >> <#secure method=pgp mode=sign> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes this glint of hope: >> >> > my father used to work with nasa in huntsville alabama.i'm in >> > california but i want to use debian,i have the floppy's required to >> > download but i'm not really computer literate.can you please help >> > me? >> >> You really don't want to start with floppies unless you absolutely >> have to. You might try getting a Debian CD from a friend or local >> Linux User's Group. If you have a high speed connection and a CD >> burner, I strongly suggest the new debian-installer CD, which does >> most of the heavy lifting for you. >> >> http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ >> > > If you get CD's, as of the stable release there are seven of them. Anyone > know how many for sarge? In any case, the only one you *really* need > is the first CD, because it contains enought to get started, including > the essentials and the post popular software. The software is sorted > into CDs roughly by popularity. If you have a cheap connection to the internet, there's really no reason to even go as far as downloading more than the 110MB net-install image... > And if you can't find anyone else to give you or lend you a CD, try > the list of CD vendors (which I believe is on the debian site), or Yes, it is! http://debian.org/CD/vendors/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBN1WlUzgNqloQMwcRAmAIAKDAwu3quXwqq7HuNdpuwwOLrYe1lACg35Xj QqKWhE8RaUVbXgHIakF7kAc= =8UrO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]