"Chris Lale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 11:32, Brian Coiley wrote: > > > > > Regarding Sarge, isn't that unstable? What exactly does that mean? > > > Sarge is "Testing" - between Stable and Unstable. Sarge will soon (?) > become the new stable. >
OK, thanks. > > How > > exactly would I switch to it? I deliberately chose to install Woody, from a > > set of CD's, because I felt that for a complete dunce like me it would be > > far easier than downloading and installing bleeding-edge stuff that I don't > > understand. > > > > Easy as 123. One of the benefits of Debian. > > 1. Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list to include mirrors like these: > > deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/ sarge/non-US main > > You can find your local Debian mirror here: > http://www.debian.org/mirror/list > > 2. Login as a normal user, switch to root user using su and update the > package list: > > $ su > (supply root password) > # apt-get update > > 3. Upgrade and install the packages > > #apt-get dist-upgrade > OK, I think I can follow that, I'm gonna give it a go! > Do look at the Debian Reference > http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#quick-reference > Looks useful! I was really trying to get all my hardware working before embarking on learning lots of good stuff, but I see that this may be a somewhat Windoze way of looking at it! > > I do have a network connection, which is working OK. > > You will need some kind of broadband internet connection. I estimate > that a 56k dialup connection would take 20 hours to download the files. > I do have broadband. I was really replying to Andrea's point that a more recent release might handle my network card better. > Chris. > Many thanks Chris! I'll come back and let you all know how I got on! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
