Alejandro Lopez wrote: That's kind of an old article, but regardless, I don't think Debian is that difficult to install. I've never had to know the names of the files for drivers for installation. The main thing that confuses some people is partitioning their hard disk, and the older Debian installers used fdisk, I think, but they have better partitioning tools now (even an 'auto' option). If you want Debian, use the newer Debian installer, it makes Debian installation a snap. If you've got a good fast Internet connection, I even recommend getting the compact installer -- you download 2 floppy disk images, burn them to a boot disk and a root disk, then most of the installation is done via the net. I install all of my Debian boxes with this method -- you are insured to get the latest from Debian (if you are foolhardy like me, you can install testing/unstable to get the bleeding edge stuff): http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-i386/current… -- Rule of Feline Frustration: When your cat has fallen asleep on your lap and looks utterly content and adorable, you will suddenly have to go to the bathroom.

On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 12:55:45PM +0000, Alejandro Lopez wrote: I haven't read that review (yet) but it's not that bad. Debian comes with a program modconf for picking driver and other modules to install, and it lists them together with 1-line descriptions of what the driver does. That's really usually enough, and modconf relieves you of having to mess around with modprobe, insmod and editing the files in the /etc/module* tree. Initially yes. Once it's all working, Debian's the package management system is far more bullet proof than rpm. A good compromise is to install a Debian version that has better hardware detection and initial installation program like Libranet (www.libranet.com) and then carry on with Debain's apt-get (or your choice of tool) to keep things up to date. -- Anahata anahata(a)treewind.co.uk -+- http://www.treewind.co.uk Home: 01638 720444 Mob: 07976 263827

Last Friday 09 July 2004 13:55, Alejandro Lopez was like: I'm very disappointed that you read this too :-] Ignore this, it's VERY old and irrelevant if you want a music system. Debian are soon to release 3.1 'Sarge', because of the way the Debian versioning system works (i.e. it is extremely conservative compared to other distros - 3.0 'Woody' IS the 'stable' version, but ... ) for our purposes, we should consider 3.0 'out of date'. If you want a Debian based music system you should install AGNULA/DeMuDi-1.2.0 [1]. The new installer is a breeze and this distro is tweaked to make it even easier for musicians. It will autodetect most of your hardware and you should be up & running within an hour under normal circumstances. DeMuDi-1.2.0 is based on Debian-3.1 'Sarge' and I can honestly say that, with the support of the Linux Audio community, Free Ekanayaka has done for Debian, what Fernando has done for RedHat based systems. It is. Ignore the article, download the installer. You won't know what to think until you try it. Have a good read of [0] and [2] - This site will probably answer many of your questions, it's a little disorganised and out of date in places, partly because things have been advancing at such a rate. Have a good browse, this will probably set your mind at rest. And if you're still not convinced there is always PlanetCCRMA, or Mandrake, or AudioSlack, or Gentoo, or ... or ... ;-] Most of us on this list have working Linux Audio systems of one kind or another. It does help if you know the names & serial numbers of your hardware and other system details, always. I installed Debian 'woody' as a newbie a year and a half ago. OK it took me several days, but it was worth it and it wasn't impossible. The new 'Sarge' installer is much, much easier than that. Last Friday 09 July 2004 22:09, Frank Barknecht was like: Much maligned application, I still use it occasionally. Me neither, if you want nice GUI, synaptic is very user friendly (3 button upgrade). It does get occasional indigestion, however, so you do need to know how to use apt-get (or dselect ;-) I think it's basically a graphic version of aptitude CMIIW. cheers tim hall [0] http://www.agnula.org/ [1] http://www.agnula.org/download/demudi/demudi_1_2_0_iso [2] http://www.agnula.org/documentation/FAQ/ Go Alejandro, Go! ;-)