Question: I'm considering a dual boot because my old laptop with Debian died, and I got a new one, currently with XP (running blackbox for windows though, thanks Frank!). However, one thing I recall is that on my old laptop, the system was freezing until the kernel was patched. Having to patch the kernel before anything works.
I also could never get that computer on the internet through USB wireless (it had no built in wireless card), and these days I pretty much depend on some sort of wireless connection to get on the internet, I'm mostly working away from home. I found that Debian was impossible to use without an internet connection, and it was quite a catch22 trying to fix anything, when I couldn't search for info and apt-get things to try to solve the problem.
So, what I'm saying is, I WANT to intall Debian, but I'm very afraid to do so and have the same kind of probems. My newer computer (used one year) though, is a Dell Inspiron 630m, which my old employer let me keep when I left, while the old one was some PIII Toshiba. Can I expect an easier time with the install of Debian on a newer laptop? My friend led me to believe the problems were related to having an older laptop.
Or should I try Ubuntu first if I'm doing it myself, and wait for 6 months for the Debian until I'm more comfortable with it all? I guess it's the hardware/wireless config + kernel recompiling that I'm worried about.
~David
On 4/18/07, Frank Barknecht fbar@footils.org wrote:
Hallo, Roman Haefeli hat gesagt: // Roman Haefeli wrote:
On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 17:01 +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
Me, too. Debian rules. Other than that pure:dyne rules as well.
i agree, though ubuntu is also a debian derivative, but sometimes much easier to use than debian and from my experience comes with better maintained repos. as a beginner, i'd still vote for ubuntu.