Thanks for the tip on ubuntu,
I downloaded two iso's last night, the i386 install and the liveCD.
I'll bring them today, be there about 2:30 I hope.

Install went pretty smooth, but I think my disk had some bad sectors,
so I could use a few tips on scanning the drive.

thanks,
Mike Nixon


On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:04:43 -0500, Andrew Zbikowski <andyzib at gmail.com> wrote:
> Knoppix has an option to install to the hard drive. If you like it,
> why not use it? If you are going the Debian route, your best bet is
> the netinst image or the business card image from
> http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
> 
> The business card has to download the base system...so I'd go with the
> netinst unless you really really just have to start installing now.
> 
> Personally, I just finished backing up my Debian box and am going to
> get around to installing Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntulinux.org/) tomorrow
> (Maybe I'll make it to the install fest...maybe....). I setup a Ubuntu
> box at work and the installer is basically the same as Sarge. For a
> desktop box it works great, espically when you just stick to the
> ubuntu core (supported) packages.
> 
> Unfortunatly, the main application for the work box was in Ubuntu
> Univers (Unsupported packages) and went all sig11 on me, so I went
> back to Sarge. Anyway, the experiince was that Ubuntu is very well
> done, it is Debian based, and if you're looking for a nice up to date
> desktop box I'd give it a shot. The download CD is a bit larger (full
> 700 mb ISO.) compared to the Debian netinstall CDs, so you're probally
> downloading more than you need, but I like the out of the box look and
> feel of ubuntu, and the inprovments of GNOME 2.8 over 2.4 are quite
> noticible. (Probally doesn't matter much if you're a KDE fan).
> 
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