Downloading and Installing Linux Debian?
Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at
05:00
I want to get debian OS. It’s too complicated for me. What Exactly do i have to do? If i need to make a Netinst CD then which files do i download and for which one (Alpha, amd64,…… I dont know which one) All i want to do is make linux my operating system. Please Help
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Hi, ok Debian is actually one of the easiest Linux distros around. If u want something easier then there is Ubuntu. I am a Linux user and I can tell u Ubuntu really isn’t that good, especially the new version. Its quite unstable, the kernel and the software both r messed up. I suggest Linux Mint 4.0. Its based on Ubuntu but is awesome for new users. Its also a debian based distribution, but its excellent for starting with Linux, even better than Ubuntu.
http://www.linuxmint.com
The person below me doesn’t really know much, he just started with that and probably thinks Ubuntu’s random crashes are just a part of Linux.
Good Luck!
Ray is right – go with Ubuntu – life is too short for taking on debian as your first linux install.
Go with x86 (32bit) regardless of your processor. 32bit Linux is happy on 64bit CPUs and it will just be easier, no problems with trying to get 32bit programs to run within a 64bit environment.
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Snakeye and I would differ on his assertions. I find it very stable. Anyway the current "flavour in favor" if you go to http://www.distrowatch.com is PCLinuxOS, then Ubuntu, then (this month, having moved up from #5) you find Mint.
People that know Linux a whole lot more than Ray, Snakeye and me combined consistently rate Ubuntu as a pretty good distro. Anyway I have been using Ubuntu for the last couple of years and find it more than satisfactory.
Download Ubuntu instead. It’s based on Debian and it’s much more user friendly and easier to install for new Linux users.
Unless you are absolutely certain that you have a 64 bit processor go ahead and download the desktop edition for x86 architectures. The x86 version will work just fine on a 64bit processor but the reverse is not true.
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
Good installation instructions can be found here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation
if you have no idea what your doing please use ubuntu instead (it is based on debian but alot easier to use)
http://www.ubuntu.com
Get the standard Personal computer edition (x86)
I agree – Ubuntu, which is Debian-based, will be much more straight-forward.
In any event, you’re going to have to get used using the command line (text based terminal).
Just download the .iso file, burn a CD or DVD with it, and away you go. Be prepared for a looong download (their servers aren’t all that quick) and I’m sure that they’d appreciate a donation – of whatever you can afford.
It varies by which Distro you want to run..head to http://www.distrowatch.com and see which will suit you. Ubuntu is the most popular distro out now. I would suggest ubuntu for it’s simplicity and there are tons of articles on it, faqs, how tos, and general help. Just do some research, it’s fairly easy once you understand it. also, amd64 is if you have 64-bit processor or not, and the x86 usually refers to Intel chips. I run a AMD 64-bit chip and ubuntu works wonders. You can download the iso from their site, burn it to a cd with PowerISO, then boot from the CD. Most linux distros also have LIVE versions of their systems, so you can try it out. It runs the operating system straight from the cd, so nothing on your harddrive is damaged and a great opportunity to test and see if you like linux. I have used ubuntu for quite a while and i am very satisfied with it, altough I admit, I dual boot it with XP due to the fact that some programs just don’t work on linux…mostly my games and higher-end applications.