Hello Having used a RedHat for years, I recently installed Potato and I encountered some simple problems. It is too bad that these kind of question continuously come back on this list. This is the reason why I made a small web page with all the problems I encountered and the solution I was given (I hope this list will grow in the future). It is a sort of "Quick Start Guide" available in english at : http://m17.limsi.fr/Individu/nico/debian/index-english.html
I hope it will help Debian-beginners (like me) to upgrade to this distribution. Please broadcast the information around you for this page to be helpfull. Nicolas. PS : I cc this message to "press" and "webmaster" in case they would like to link or to talk about this page. Please note that it still is under construction, since I expect people to tell me new "problems" as times passes.