On 1/8/08, Richard Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > >
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