On Saturday 25 December 2004 09:21 pm, Ryan D'Baisse wrote: > I am looking to move from FC2 to Debian, but have questions... > > 2. I have been reading two books, "Linux Pocket Guide," by O'Reilly, > and "Beginning Linux Programming," by Wrox. Both tend to stress Red > Hat and Fedora. Will these books still be of use to me on Debian? > > 3. My primary machine is a laptop (Toshiba 5005-S507). Most of the > info I can find on Google, pertaining to laptops, is for Fedora or > Mandrake. How well does Debian handle laptops? Any URLs would be > GREATLY appreciated.
http://www.debian.org/doc/ http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=debian+laptop&btnG=Google+Search http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=debian%20laptop&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wg > > > Thanks, in advance, to anyone who chooses to respond. Again, I have > tried looking, but keep coming up with tons of info for Fedora and > Mandrake. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanx, > Ryan I would recommend trying Knoppix, Mepis or some other bootable Debian based distro so that you can see how it looks before installing it. http://www.knoppix.net/ http://www.mepis.org/book/view/1462 -- peace, Alvin Smith http://www.alvinsmith.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
