Hello John, Although Debian is my favorite distribution for several years, and although for me installation of debian is only a snap (me only), I would still recommend going with another distribution to start with. here is my recommendations: 1. have at least one day or one weekend devoted to installing, tweaking and learning the basics of Linux. 2. Mandrake in my opinion is still the friendliest distribution to install, give it another try (now at version 9.0) 3. once you know your way around linux, install Debian and enjoy it.
just remember persistence help and we are all here to help out. and remember this, once you know your way around Linux you will wonder how you lived without it :) good luck On Monday 20 January 2003 10:54 pm, John & Peg Pickard wrote: > In short, will I be able to do something productive with Debian LINUX? And > then I will want to network it with our laptop running WinME, and a LinkSys > Print server, and possibly a US Robotics broadband router (if I can use the > "back up" dial up connection on a permanent basis, which would then have an > external modem). All without requiring a PHD in networking? If I get that > far, LINUX will be for real, and I will also load it on my old 100 mhz Dell > and network that too. > > Any hope? > > Thanks, > > John S. Pickard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
