On Friday 03 January 2003 10:54 am, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote:
On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 05:31:03AM -0800, Beatrice I. Smith wrote:
I have the XP home operating system on my PC. Is it possible to
install the Debian Linux OS on this pc?
Most likely. Linux supports all common hardware, so unless you've got
some really weird stuff in your PC, it should not present any problems.
While Linux supports all common hardware, there is a problem with Debian and
some recent hardware (like my ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon, which I've had for
more than a year). Since Debian is VERY slow in updating, sometimes it is
necessary to go to the testing or unstable versions to get software that
supports some hardware.
I couldn't get Debian working for more than a week. It would install, but
XFree86 would not run. I finally got XFree86 from the testing version, and
it finally worked with my video card.
You can get Debian on CD-ROM at
http://cart.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart/0070010836.html Or see
http://www.debian.org/distrib/ for other ways to get it.
noah
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