Re: New User Information Request

2006-12-21 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 12:15:28AM +, Clive Menzies wrote: On (20/12/06 15:30), Laura J. Portscheller wrote: I am very new to linux. I have used it to a minimal extent and like it, but have no experience in system administration and all the many technical matters involved with it. I

RE: New User Information Request

2006-12-21 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
try to boot with a recent knoppix disk. If you can get a gui from that, then its a good bet you will with debian. A -Original Message- From: Andrew Sackville-West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 12/20/2006 4:03 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: New User Information

New User Information Request

2006-12-20 Thread Laura J. Portscheller
I am very new to linux. I have used it to a minimal extent and like it, but have no experience in system administration and all the many technical matters involved with it. I want to install linux on my laptop and want to make sure that there are no compatibility problems with your product.

Re: New User Information Request

2006-12-20 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 03:30:51PM -0700, Laura J. Portscheller wrote: I am very new to linux. I have used it to a minimal extent and like it, but have no experience in system administration and all the many technical matters involved with it. I want to install linux on my laptop and want

RE: New User Information Request

2006-12-20 Thread Michael Fothergill
Hi there, From: Laura J. Portscheller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: New User Information Request Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:30:51 -0700 I am very new to linux. I was once too I had used Unix machines before however. I have used it to a minimal extent

Re: New User Information Request

2006-12-20 Thread Clive Menzies
On (20/12/06 15:30), Laura J. Portscheller wrote: I am very new to linux. I have used it to a minimal extent and like it, but have no experience in system administration and all the many technical matters involved with it. I want to install linux on my laptop and want to make sure that there

Re: New User Information Request

2006-12-20 Thread Black Dew
Michael Fothergill wrote: I guess (and other people on the list here will correct me if I am wrong) that you are going to need the AMD64 version of Debian. Not necessarily. i386 works just fine on 64 cpus The gain in performance from running a 64bit kernel is hardly noticeable in most