On 6.2.2010 20:49, rosy cutie wrote: > i want to install debian on my computer.by searching its website i > reaches at the page > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.4/i386/iso-cd/ > but i am not able to decide which debian? > i dont understand the computer jargon.i cannot install it via internet > or through any network. > i think i can install it by a cd and debian-504-i386-CD-.iso > <http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.4/i386/iso-cd/debian-504-i386-CD-1.iso> > will work for me but why there are cd-1 to cd-31. > i also want to know what to do with MD5SUMS. > is it also nessacery to download it. > may be it is not nessacery but i want to know how to use it. > please help me. > >
I have used Linux from 1994, but mostly in servers and text mode. I now have a VirtualBox on my Windows, and desktop linuces on that too. I have latest Debian, and latest Ubuntu Desktops. While I prefer Debian as my server systems, I definitely prefer Ubuntu as a Desktop. The Debian workstation has this font problem: it just does not like usable out of the box. Ubuntu looks great. Ubuntu, while a bit strange at first to me as a Debian user (it does not have root superuser, but this "sudo -i"), is great. I find myself booting the Ubuntu when I need Linux, the Debian I do not use. As a Linux beginner, I say: go Ubuntu. That way you get the Debian open system with acceptable user experience. -- http://www.iki.fi/jarif/ Tell the truth or trump--but get the trick. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
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