Sheesh, you guys are scaring the pants off me! Or, maybe I'm just getting to old to go about things like I did 30 years ago...hmmm? Actually, I'm not so scared as I am overwhelmed at how much I have forgotten over the years of DOS/Windows immersion (I'd transliterate that as "baptism," but the scriptural import of that term implies newness, regeneration, and Heaven: All terms that seem quite inappropriate in the context of BSOD).
A number of you have posted me directly with a recommendation of Libranet as a good starting point, while still maintaining the Debian relationship. A couple of you guys (any gurls here?) warned that I would not be happy with Libranet. Am I correct in understanding Libranet IS Debian with simplified installation/management? And, are there limitations to Libranet that I need to know going in? Are there benefits to the Debian distro directly, and what are they? At this point, I'm not so sure I'm interested in a plethora of configuration options, so much as a clean and stable install that will let me get the system up, running StarOffice or some other suite (suggestions?), connected to my Earthlink/DSL account, and printing. Also, I'm not sure I am understanding some terms you guys are using that seem to me to be synonymous, eg. windowsmanager and shell, etc. One other thought: I am leaning toward doing the GNU/Linux install on two machines, concurrently. One as the productivity machine, and the other to make parallel installs AND configuration changes or new installs before they go on the productivity machine, just to be sure I don't burn the bridge (do I have to buy TWO licenses for that, Bill? Just joking). Boy, parallel install brings back memories of "how we used to do it." Matter of fact, that's how I first "broke" my Microsoft license agreement, not taking chances on the woeful frustrations of "fix one problem, create ten more" of Microsoft releases with my system that was required to get the work out. Thoughts? rpb ================= R. P. Bell Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
