[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]
“Debian is one of the most common distributions in the world.
With a possible total of twenty one CDs, it is also one of the
biggest. As you may have gathered from the fact that this guide
exists, Debian is not the easiest distribution. However, anybody
that is relatively competent with computers should be able to use
Debian (after all, I am!). This is not a guide to every detail of
Debian Etch–instead, it aims to get you going, so you can start
tinkering away!“When you go onto the Debian website, you will find three
possible versions you can install. At any point, there are three
main choices: stable, testing and unstable. Stable is regularly
released, with the packages staying the same throughout that
particular release, apart from security updates. This is best if
you want the versions of packages to be consistent and,
unsurprisingly, if you want absolute stability. The current version
is 4.0, otherwise known as Etch…”