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| (other TechTips) Debian GNU/Linux is the computer operating system that I use when I get to choose. It's a version of the GNU/Linux operating system that's developed cooperatively by people around the globe. It's very stable, very high-quality, and you can decide for yourself whether you want older, more proven software, or newer software, or bleeding-edge software. Freedom and control. Sweeeet. | ||||||||
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woody netinst - http://people.debian.org/~ieure/netinst/ - this guy picked up the ball and created a netinst cd for Debian woody. One small bug: the installation program set up the /etc/apt/sources.list to point to the 'stable' distribution, which is (as I write this) potato, not woody. You need to change it to 'woody' and apt-get update, apt-get dist-upgrade. | ||||||||
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| > > | woody minimal cdrom image - if you don't have access to the 'net during your installation then these images might do the trick: they're very small but can build a minimal system that includes some useful stuff. http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/debian-cd/ | |||||||
| installing Debian - install the smallest number of packages possible during the initial install process. I've found that it's better to get a minimal system fully up and running and then add packages to it later. After installation check: | ||||||||