Hi, I'm a very enthusiastic Debian (and Linux) newcomer -- but growing more frustrated by the minute.
For several weeks I've tried to access the How-to's listed on your Documenation page (home pagn->documentation->How-to's (all links in this list). All I get are time-outs. I've also tried accessing DebianHELP -- no response. Other links on the page seem to work. I tried for a short while subscribing to a Debian user mailing list, but the volume of posts totally overwhelmed me. I'd certainly like to learn how to become a supportive and knowledgable member of the Debian community -- but the Debian Woody install discs don't recognize my video card (SIS 630), one reference I've found suggests that I download a more recent version of XFree86, but I don't have the foggiest idea how to do that in command mode, and the support links listed on the Debian.org site seem to be broken. I probably have 20 expensive books on linux, including the Debian GNU/Linux Bible. But they seem to present contraditory information on the same topics (e.g. partitioning), or information that doesn't work: e.g. ftp ftp.us.Debian.org from the command line, or information that is so general that it is of vrry little help. I'm patient, willing to dig, hate to whine or to pose a burden, but I'm completely stuck. Best wishes, Lloyd R. Prentice