> I've just now re-looked at the knoppix page, the install instructions > for that appear to be far nicer than the Debian instructions, so I think > I'll just use Knoppix as an installer.
The debian installer is pretty simple. > > Cheers > Brad > > > > > If you are wanting to *use* Debian I suggest stable (Woody). > > You only need > > the first CD to get the system up, then apt-get the rest. > > > > If you are wanting to *play* with Debian I suggest Knoppix, > > which is a > > collection of all the hoopy bits from all the versions of Debian. > > > > Andy > > > > On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 09:37, you wrote: > > > Hi all, I'm about to start downloading Debian to have a > > play with. I > > > want to run the version that is most recent but not > > bleeding edge, but > > > I am un familiar with the terminolgy. Could I get a quick > > handle on > > > what > > > > > > 1) Stable > > > - Older packages, very solid > > > - Code name???? > > > > > > 2) Testing > > > - Newer packages, still quite stable, not bleeding edge > > > - Code name??? > > > > > > 3) Unstable > > > - Bleeding edge > > > - Code name??? > > > > > > Basically, I don't know what the code names are & I am not > > sure if I > > > have testing & stable around the right way. Could someone please > > > enlighten me? > > > > > > Cheers > > > Brad > > -- .''`. Paul William : :' : Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system <h1><b><a href="http://www.debian.org";>debian.org</a></b><h1>
