On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:14:21PM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > Hi Roberto, > I have seen various 3rd party bits of documentation about "You just > installed Debian. Here's what to do next and answers to questions like > 'where's my X?". And it seems people still miss this info on the Debian > site. Asking what they read prior to asking such questions would be one > way to figure out how Debian is not getting this info to new users. Thus > far, Debian and the WWW group are very hesitant to change any aspect of > the 'front page' until a very good reason is provided, which is expected > for any Debian effort. But it seems if this person and others went to > the 'front page' and just could not (for what ever reason) find this > info, then there should be something added to the 'front page' to have > somekind of big 'over here' sign for Debian new users to find these > common questions addressed. Hopefully one day I can get something > written up. But in the meanwhile, I think asking what the read prior to > comming here is one way to collect data to address this issue.
Hmm. You did not mention which version, so I will assum you installed Etch. Now, if you got the etch installer, I will guess that you got it from here: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ Below the download links are links to the Installation Guide, the FAQ and the Debian-Installer Wiki. If you visit the installation guide, you will see this section: http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch06s03.html#di-install-software Specifically, the relevant section, Installing Additional Software, reads in part: So, you have the ability to choose tasks first, and then add on more individual packages later. These tasks loosely represent a number of different jobs or things you want to do with your computer, such as Desktop environment, Web server, or Print server[14]. Section D.2, Disk Space Needed for Tasks lists the space requirements for the available tasks. Now, I understand that for a newbie, it can be daunting to be left at a command line prompt. However, it is right there in the documentation. So, perhaps you missed it? I am not trying to flame you. I am simply pointing out that the information is there and that it appears that you overlooked it. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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