[LBo] New xubuntu user still has no net connection

[Yoder, Denton]

I Tried to download Debian, and I found that Ubuntu was just plain easy!

OK. I am going to be away from the net for a couple weeks.  Where is a
debian "everything" dvd image that I can download and play with?  What
do you download.  I have a local mirror, but don't know what to get.

Thanks for the push in the "right" direction.  We will see where I end
up :)

Denton Yoder
denton at vt.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: qna-bounces at linuxbasics.org [mailto:qna-bounces at linuxbasics.org]
On Behalf Of James Allen
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 10:00 PM
To: qna at linuxbasics.org
Subject: Re: [LBo] New xubuntu user still has no net connection

On 6/12/07, Allan Scahill <deli_chef at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Hello Lonnie:
> Now. Is Debian suitable for a 10 year old Toshiba Tecra 8000,
> with a 20GB hard drive and 128MB or memory?
>
> Also. Does the distro come as a LiveCD?
> Linux is confusing in that I go to sites like
>
> http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r0/i386/iso-cd/
>
> and the whole page is links to downloads. I have no idea if I'm
> supposed to select one or all of them. So that being said can you
> point me to a page where I can click on one link to download what your
> suggesting?
>
> I'm trying to stay in there with this operating system,  but not
> having a net connection is frustrating.
> Thanks
> Allan

Allan,

I agree with Lonnie and the *buntu's.  I tried Ubuntu and on a second
machine and quickly overwrote that with Debian. But Anita is also
correct in that it may be more difficult since you are new to Linux
and the command line. I will say though, that on my machines, Debian
is the only operating system I will install.

Having said that, it all depends on the amount of learning you want to
put into it. If you chose to go with Debian, there are several of us
here who would be glad to help you either on this mailing  list or if
things get hairy, we may be able to arrange a time in the IRC chat
room.

The only way I install Debian is with the net-install CD
http://www.us.debian.org/CD/netinst/
You install a base system from the CD and then install the rest of
what you need over the internet. It takes a little learning and
patience, but I for one would be glad to help.

James
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