Another Day Another Distro--Part 5--Debian 4.0 Etch | Linux Today

Another Day Another Distro–Part 5–Debian 4.0 Etch

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 30, 2007

“After a short delay I continued my tour and made it onto Debian
Etch. One slight problem though, I managed to accidentally install
the 64bit version of Etch which gave me the usual problems with
Flash and other things. These were all the same problems I had on
64bit Ubuntu so it’s not Debian specific in any way. It took me a
few days to download the 32bit Etch and it slowed my progress a
little but not for long. I’d heard a lot of stories about Debian
only being for hardcore hackers and real purists but I wanted to
see for myself. So without further ado here’s how I got on with
Debian Etch…


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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