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The Well-Tempered Debian desktop

Posted by timothy on from the warms-the-cockles dept.

An anonymous reader writes "What happens when the editor of a popular Linux website attempts to install a Debian Etch desktop on an old ThinkPad? How does it turn out? Surprisingly well! The article comprises an entertaining account of the entire process, complete with lots of informative screenshots, from downloading the net-install to tangling with Wi-Fi and modem PCMCIA cards as the last step — and everything in between. A great primer for Debian newbies... Go Debian!"

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  1. Yea Right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Tried to install Debian once; well actually make that a large number of times over 6 a 6 month period.

    I might have succeeded too if my boss would have given me a year's sabbatical with pay in order to complete the job.

    Thanks but NO THANKS!

    I have better things to do with my time.

  2. Ubuntu by owlman17 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Since Mark Shuttleworth made it clear in no uncertain terms that they're in it for the money, should Ubuntu users start looking into Debian? The article makes it very attractive to do so.

  3. Re:Surprisingly? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You must not have read the article. At the very end he mentions that he couldn't get his wireless card recognized by linux. That's a pretty big deal to me, but the author mentions it at the very end. He is too busy ooh'ing and aah'ing about the fonts and graphics.