On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 04:08:22PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have never used Linux before, but I've always wanted to learn. I want to > use Debian Linux, but I don't know which to use. I am wanting to dual boot > it in my laptop with my Windows. My laptop is made by eMachines and uses a > AMD Sempron 3200+ processor. Please let me know what version to install.
So congrats and good luck on your quest! Debian is a great distribution -- it is telling how many other distributions are based on Debian in some way or another. That said, wrapping your head around a new operating system can be difficult *and* Debian can be more difficult than some. So be prepared to work hard, read lots, overcome setbacks etc. There is a great resource for you here in this list provided you do your homework. There are many *really* knowledgeable people here who are willing to help those who help themselves... Your best bet is to do a reasonable amount of research and ask good, well formed and supported questions. So which version? It really depends, at this time, on your hardware. Using a laptop, you're probably best served using "etch" which is the name of the current "Testing" flavor of debian. I would not normally recommend "testing" as it is prone to breakage and because of its nature, when it breaks, it can remain broken for quite a while. However, "Etch" is currently frozen as it is about to be released as "stable". This means that the only package upgrades going into "etch" should be bug fixes and should be pretty stable going forward. The hardware support in "etch" is much better than that found in the current stable release "sarge" and you'll likely fare much better with it. If you can post specifics about your hardware, especially chipsets, types of harddrives (ide, sata, scsi etc) folks here will provide feedback on potential problems and solutions. hth A
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