Debian: The OS for the rest of us
Lately I have been poking at various Linux distributions to see what they have to offer. But most of the distributions I have looked at are geared toward new users, users with older (or strange) hardware, or corporate users. But what about those that do not fall into any of the above? What about those Linux users who want a challenge? Something that doesn’t hand-hold you through the entire computing experience? Well, you’re in luck. For those on the fringe of the fringe there are a few distributions that hold, shall we say, Linux users to a somewhat higher “standard” than the average distribution.
Once such distribution is Debian. It’s not Gentoo by any stretch of the imagination, but as soon as you begin installation, you will notice that it’s not your average Linux installation.
Installation
If you take a look at the downloads section of the Debian site you will notice you can go a few routes. One route requires you download a 4+ GB DVD iso. Another option is to download the multiple iso CDs (there are 21 of them). Yet another option is to download the smaller 180 MB CD iso that will do a network installation. This is the option I chose.
The network installation isn’t really all that difficult -
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