On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 14:18:22 +0200, Mihai P. B. Stiucan wrote: > Hello, > > I am an RedHat user and now I saw that RedHat is no more available as a > free distribution. So i want to switch to Debian. I found some help on > the www.debian.org web site, but I still need some advices. > > I saw there that they are 3 stages: stable, testing, unstable. For sure > I choosed stable on my first pick,, got the images and installed it. > After that, I noticed that all the utilities are old: XFree86, KDE, and > most of the packages. I really need some new one, not necesarly the > newest. Ok, ok, i know the new one are on testing, but I will assume the > risk to use them. > > Somebody told me to install woody and then to use apt-get to do some > upgrades. > > In fact I need some advices for install debian but with new packages. I > don't have a big bandwidth internet access, just 128kb/sec, and I have > only the woody CDs. What should i do? Just install woody and then > upgrade using apt-get? How will this apt-get handle the Xfree86 or KDE > upgrade? There are numerous files to upgrade, is it possible to keep > track of all of them? > > There would be an ideea to install it from scratch , but I'm not so > experimented to keep track of the files by myself. > > I will be very happy if I will succed to do a debian based system with > XFree86 4.0.1 at least, and KDE 3.1 using Grub boot loader. > > I need some advices, really. > > Thanks for your time.
I agree with Kent. I have used Debian and Red Hat and now I much prefer Debian as the package management IMHO is much better. I've used stable, testing, and unstable and I concur that unstable is actually very stable for a desktop. I'm using it to send this message with PAN. Give "Sid" a try and I think you'll like it. If you need some instructions to set up Grub try this link: http://myrddin.org/howto/debian-grub.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]