On Wed 03 Apr, ja22 wrote: > Sorry if I am being stupid and wasting your time. > 1. What is Debian's USP? *
several things: 1) Marvellous package-upgrade system so once it's installed it's extrememly easy to install security upgrades or just upgrade generally 2) Not dependent on any one company or country 3) Support for lots of different CPUs (but you probably have a PC and don't care about that) 4) Support for lots of languages (but you probably speak english and don't care much about that) 5) Biggest collection of software of any distribution (8 CDs-worth now) 6) Openness of development - the whole process is exposed to the world so you can see how it works and join in if you like > 2. Can I try it out without screwing up my Win98SE? I believe so, but I don't really know much about it. Try the install documentation for info on how to install it so it dual-boots. Section 4.7 on this page is relevant: http://www.uk.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-partitioning.en.html There are various ways of doing this, like installing debian on a second HD if you have one, partitioning a new drive and installing both windows and Debian on it, or the above info on installing onto an existing drive (the hardest way). There are also CD-based versions which you can try by just booting straight off the CD without installing anything, but I don't havea link for that - sorry. Wookey -- Aleph One Ltd, Bottisham, CAMBRIDGE, CB5 9BA, UK Tel +44 (0) 1223 811679 work: http://www.aleph1.co.uk/ play: http://www.chaos.org.uk/~wookey/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
