On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Olivier BATARD <obat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Clearly, I will suggest you Debian. Opensuse is great, really, but use > rpm (AFAIK) and package and application managing can be a nightmare. > Globally to choose a first linux distribution, don't rely on the gui > or the screenshot you'll finds on the net. Rely on the work done by > the packagers and developers. Debian is solid, user friendly (when you > admit the power of bash :), I know that's hard when comes from > Window$). Feel free to install a debian squeeze and use it, smash it > and use internet resources, you'll find a lots of help here and on the > web. So yes I'll recommend debian, you won't regret it, when console > will not afraid you :) Because debian (Linux ?) unleash is power in > shell, gui is just an option. My opinion. Well this is true that the real power is in cli and not in gui and i hope that debian would be a good start, may be a little typical for me. and apart from it, i am going to install debian from http://www.debian.org/CD/torrent-cd/ since here net often gets disconnected, so torrent is best, but please tell me if KDE is the default of GNOME is the default desktop for debian? I am having x86_64 processor, so I guess i have to download 'amd64' CD or 'ia64' CD..., processor I am having is Intel's not amd's....! On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Andrew Wood <a....@me.com> wrote: > Probably because its not as well publicised as other distros, often the ones > that shout the loudest arent the best. Plus Debian has been around a long > time, and always had a bit of a reputation of being hard to setup, but that > was in the past, in the last few years its come on so much in terms of ease > of use with a new installer and so on. > I would say its as easy as any other distro. 99.9% of everything youre ever > likeley to need is in the official package repository as a .deb package. You > can use the bundled GUI tools (Synaptic) to browse what there is and install > it, or search on the web at http://packages.debian.org (useful sometimes for > getting firmware packages via another machine to get your network card > working) or you can use the command line tools: > apt-get install packagename will download and install just the package > specified but the installation may fail if it depends on other packages, or > aptitude install packagename will do the same but also seamlessly download & > install any other packages that it depends on > if you have a .deb file which youve downloaded from the website you can > install it with dpkg -i /path/to/packagename.deb Yeah okay and thanks, I download first and then install. Hope everything would go on smooth and okay.... Thanks for the suggestion. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cangxeflfntcza51pognrsu+2attoq40cdjsra71yvipe2vh...@mail.gmail.com
