debian

[dud2k]

hey,
i heard this was a really good linux distribution..but how hard is it to install? i have basically no linux knowledge, i had installed mandrake before without any problems but that is it.
i really want to use debian, but i am worried that i wont be able to install/use it. do you guys recommmend it?
thanks

 

[aerialcombat]

I think I tried to install Debian, but I think I failed. I'm a newbie as well. I don't know I keep coming crawling back to mandrake... I guess I need someone to sit by me and help me out. I don't have the patience to learn another OS these days...

 

[BOFH]

I like Debian, but it does not have all the same pretty tools that Mandrake and Redhat have. It is very easy to manage though. I find the install not too bad as long as you know a little bit. My mother has managed to do it several times even from floppies alone.

 

[dud2k]

is it true that the entire installation is text based?

 

[mcveigh]

sort of

I never got it to work with my video card, but I just installed progeny yester day, it's very close to debian as the company was started by the founder! any way it has a graphical instal and x 4.0.x so it works w/ my geforce card. so far I'm very impressed with it