Hi Rick,

Thanks for the tip.  I'll take a look at it.

Robin

On Jan 8, 2008 11:45 AM, Rick Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi Robin,
>
> Sorry to hear your install of Debian got messed up... been there
> myself a few times.
>
> >In a perfect world you would have the time to try as many distros as you
> >can, and then choose the one that you "clicked" with.
>
> With regard to what Gustin said, you could always use a tool like
> VirtualBox
> to try out new distros: http://virtualbox.org/
>
> That's how I settled on Debian and FreeBSD (after starting out with
> Ubuntu, which is also very good).
>
> Another nice thing about virtual machines is that you can try out complex
> configuration changes with no risk to your actual system--If you bust a
> VM,
> just roll it back to the previous snapshot and try again. If it works, go
> ahead
> and make your changes to the actual install.
>
> This approach has saved me a lot of hassles while learning new stuff.
> Might be worth exploring... :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Rick.
>
>
>
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