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). > > -- > Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://andy.zibnet.us > A password is like your underwear; Change it > frequently, don't share it with others, and > don't ask to borrow someone else's. > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list