Few Simple Question

[Francis Pineda]

Greetings Debian Community!   I am currently a computer networking student researching different flavours of Unix/Linux.  From the advice of my instructor, I have shosen to research Debian.  He says it's, "Really Cool"  I find it very appealing and hope to install it as soon as my system is set up.    I have a few specific questions I'd like to ask.  The information on your webpage and FAQ is simply so immense, a simple site search is a bit confusing.   1. What is the user base targeted?  Is it simply geared towards the home-user looking for a free OS?  Or is it geared more towards the power-user?   2. Where is Debian located?  I understand there are over 800 distrubuters nationwide that communicate via e-mail and message boards.  But is there a specific "home" to debian?   3. What is the latest Kernel version?   4. What is the default desktop?  and what others are included?   5. What, if any, office suites are included?     Thank You very much and I look forward to joining the wonderful world of open source OS!   Francis Pineda Phoenix, AZ