-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 12:01:56AM -0500, Richard Blake wrote: > In a Newbie to Debian... and for maybe... 4 hours I thought Debian > was a text based OS.
Well, Linux is a text-based OS. XFree86 is a nice program that gives you a pretty darn flexible windowing system which is often confused for being a part of the OS by those damaged by Windows. Debian's base install is compact, so X doesn't get installed if you only install the base system. > I recently ordered Debian for my I686 System... and I > went through the installation.. 4 or 5 times I kinda lost count... I > thought I was doing it wrong... and there is a great possiblity that I am. > Im stumped at the Login part... after installation... I only used the > bootable Disc... and yet there are 7!.. whats going? and how do I get to > the Desktop of Debian.. what do I have to do.... PLEASE TELL ME. please > reply promply :( RTFM. http://debian.org/ Click on installation manual. It's all explained there. - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : `. `'` proud Debian admin and user `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAKGjeUzgNqloQMwcRAszPAJ4zvpR6+dHpQY11GcfHhFgMPkMeGQCgjG0J bAEmCPIABDXglZOKszO4KO0= =hmE1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]