On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 11:54:20AM -0400, Abe Sternberg wrote:
Folks - I admit that I am a complete dolt. I have read the Installation
HowTo for Debian twice and am still baffled at how to download and install.
Write down a checklist of what you've already got:
Model of laptop
Whether 32 or 64 bit capable.
Amount of RAM
Size of hard disk
Can the laptpp boot from a USB stick?
What drivers/manufacturers Windows 7 System reports for:
Video card, sound card, WiFi card - this to find out whether you will need
non-free firmware to be installed.
This should help in debugging issues if they arise.
First, I plan on installing Debian on a laptop that is currently running
Windows 7 and I am not interesting keeping both operating systems.
Do you have another laptop / desktop available to you? If you do not have prior
experience
using Linux, I wouldn't advise that you jump wholeheartedly and immediately to
Linux.
Do you have a Linux using friend / local Linux user group who can help and
advise if called on for general advice?
It might be worth using a Live CD to try out Debian first without changing
anything on the existing
Windows install (see below)
I am completely unfamiliar with Linux, Bit torrent, or using iso files and
don't understand any of the shop talk about how to download and install. I
have sent e-mails to two of the sites that are supposed to provide CDs/DVDs
but no one has responded to me thus far.
A CD or DVD image containing software can be written in a recognised format:
the images ending in .iso are raw images
to be written to a CD or DVD by your CD/DVD writing software.
There may be an option to write image to disk
The Live CDs
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd-64/iso-hybrid/
Under the link CD/DVD/USB are files you can download (in
a web browser if you have to).
This link has images around 1G or over for a full desktop so will need a
DVD-size medium if you write to physical media rather than USB stick.
There are various images with the different desktops to try.
Is anyone out there willing to talk me through this one step at a time in
very simple terms?
Thanks for listening; I hope someone can help.
Regards,
Abe
This for a start - will follow up dependent on response.
All the best,
AndyC
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