I just went back and reread the original post:
rosy_qu...@yahoo.com wrote:
i want to install debian on my computer.by searching its website i
reaches at the page
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.4/i386/iso-cd/
but i am not able to decide which debian?
i dont understand the computer jargon.i cannot install it via internet
or through any network.
i think i can install it by a cd and debian-504-i386-CD-.iso
<http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.4/i386/iso-cd/debian-504-i386-CD-1.iso>
will work for me but why there are cd-1 to cd-31.
i also want to know what to do with MD5SUMS.
is it also nessacery to download it.
may be it is not nessacery but i want to know how to use it.
please help me.
I don't think anybody actually answered this - we all jumped to
discussion of debian vs. ubuntu vs. whatever.
So...
1. a question to the original poster: what do you mean that you "cannot
install via internet" - if you can download the cd, you should be able
to do a network install (if you have no network connection to the
machine, then you might want to consider a version of linux that does
not depend on the net for software updates and such - say a liveCD based
on Debian, like http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/ or
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/)
2. take a look at
a. http://www.debian.org/releases/ - to decide what release to
download (for a beginner, I'd recommend "stable")
b. http://www.debian.org/distrib/ - to decide what kind of download
to pick (net install image, full set of CDs, etc.)
c. http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual - detailed
install instructions
3. after you've read, and tried to follow, the instructions, come back
here if/when you get stuck (or let us know if you're successful)
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