Erratum - I omitted something. On Friday 07 March 2014 08:19:06 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 07 March 2014 01:16:05 Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com > > 2: Tell them how to use the network install CD to install Debian > > sans GUI.
Why? Why not install *with* GUI? If you (briefly) venture into the advanced option at install time, you can choose xfce as desktop. Thereafter use normal text-based install and accept defaults. :-) > One problem that they may hit is network card during installation > not being recognised. This is easily remedied, but there are also > install CDs with the drivers. I can never remember where these are > and they are difficult to find, but hopefully someone will chime > in. > > > 3: Tell them to apt-get install xfce4 xfce4-goodies See above. Though I don't use xfce myself, so I don't know whether they would still need to install xfce4-goodies. > > 4: Tell them how to make Xfce be what runs when they issue the > > startx command. > > Why complicate things for them? Why not have it boot into the GUI? If they install with xfce from the beginning, this would be the default. Lisi > > 5: Tell them how to make iceweasel play youtube videos (I think > > today I saw someone on this list say to go to youtube.com/html5 : > > Is that a good solution in general?) > > There will still be things that cannot play on YouTube and sites > that are not (yet?) HTML5. > > > 6: Are you guys cool with my friends, who would all be raw > > newbies, joining this list? > > I am, but then I am by way of being a perpetual newbie myself. ;-). > I can't speak for the others. Warn them to reseqarch first and > accept the somewhat rough "justice" sometimes meeted out. > > Useful URLs > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-getting.en.html > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual > > http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ > > Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201403070832.35419.lisi.re...@gmail.com
