Which Debian Distro should newbie get.

Dark_Sniper* · 06-29-2005, 02:06 PM

well know im goin to get debain because of some people who tell me its good for newbies like me that know nothing about linux so which distro should i download for debian.

Arnaud_B · 06-29-2005, 02:11 PM

debian stable without hesitation. It's the most stable of all the debian branches (of course... ;-) ) and obviously more stable than debian-based distro (unbutu...) that usually use packages from unstable. Basically once you have debian sarge (=stable) setup, you can forget about it and just concentrate on learning linux :-)
you can get the iso there: http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/
and the installation guide: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/
Good luck! and ask if you need help :-)
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J.W. · 06-29-2005, 02:14 PM

I would recommend Sarge, which has recently been promoted to the new "stable" release. (The previous stable release was Woody)

Debian has three versions: stable (Sarge), testing (Etch), and unstable (Sid). You'd probably be safe with either Sarge or Etch; if you want the very latest and greatest go with Sid. http://www.debian.org/releases/ -- J.W.

broggyr · 06-29-2005, 02:15 PM

My first Linux install was Corel Linux 1.0 (Debian) in 1999, but I haven't really used Linux until a couple years ago using Mandrake and Red Hat/Fedora. I knew nothing about Linux then (like I do now? ha!) Those distros may be of service too.

Xandros is now the old Corel Linux and they are up to version 3. When I tried it, it was very easy to install.

Just my dirty, corroded, bent, useless $.02

Dark_Sniper* · 06-29-2005, 02:17 PM

i acnt find where to download "SArge" on that link you gave me. It just talks about it.

Arnaud_B · 06-29-2005, 02:19 PM

sid?... he is a newbie... :-) and etch can be even worse now that sarge is out... for him, I would advise by order of preference: 1/ sarge(stable), 2/sid(unstable), 3/etch(testing)
and sarge is not out of date now and is very nice to use, has an installer, etc... it seems to me to be a good start... after he will upgrade to unstable if he feels like...
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Arnaud_B · 06-29-2005, 02:20 PM

clic on i386 if it's what you use: http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/
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Dark_Sniper* · 06-29-2005, 02:22 PM

yea its only 108mb for the iso image man thats small if thats the right one.

Dark_Sniper* · 06-29-2005, 02:23 PM

Oh and also do they have a live cd for Mac's.

Arnaud_B · 06-29-2005, 02:24 PM

yea and it's how it works... it only contains the base system... you will download *only* what you want/need with apt-get later...
Good luck!
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Dark_Sniper* · 06-29-2005, 02:24 PM

ok thanks

samael26 · 06-29-2005, 02:25 PM

It's the right one, even if it is small. If you choose desktop environment, you will get at least
780 packages. Is that enough ? (1.7 Gb)...

Arnaud_B · 06-29-2005, 02:26 PM

no live cd.. if it's what you want you could look at knoppix...
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Arnaud_B · 06-29-2005, 02:27 PM

yea but choosing desktop environment will install kde and gnome... better to install it by end later doing apt-get install kde or apt-get install gnome... I would advise not to select anything from tasksel during the install...
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Dark_Sniper* · 06-29-2005, 02:27 PM

no i was jsut wondering if they had it for mac on debian its cool. So when this boots and installs all i have to do then is download apps. and thats it. If so where do i get apps at for debian and are they easy to install.