I'm so frustrated with Windows frequently "freezing up" that I'd really like to get Linux to work on my machine. I bought a release of Debian about two years ago from Cheap*Bytes. The disks say that it's release 2.1, though when I was installing it I noticed a message that seemed to imply that I had Debian 2.0.34. (But I don't remember the exact message, unfortunately.) I ended up not using Linux back then because I had a "Winmodem" on my machine. Now that I have an external USRobotics modem I'm trying Linux again.
The installation went fine, and I was able to dial my ISP using "PON" In the windows manager FVWM95 there's a button on the taskbar for Netscape. Nothing happened when I clicked on it. This also happened for the Files, Editor, and Xview buttons. But the Xterm, Xcalc, Kill, and Ghostview buttons do work. I installed Netscape from my Netscape 4.75 CD, using the instructions that came with the CD. (copy the .tar file, issue the tar -xvf command, then run ns-install.) I assume everything went OK since there were no error messages. But I still couldn't start Netscape! Where did I go wrong? Was it a mistake to buy Debian from Cheap*Bytes? Do I just need a newer release? Is Netscape normally included with the Debian release? Thanks, Peter Christensen
