Linux Times: How to Install Debian Linux on a Desktop Computer Part II | Linux Today

Linux Times: How to Install Debian Linux on a Desktop Computer Part II

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 15, 2004

[ Thanks to Tarun Agnani for this
link. ]

“In this part I will show you how to speed up Debian by using
hdparm, getting sound and video to work, and finally wrapping it up
with printing.

“hdparm stands for ‘hard disk parameters.’ Debian comes with
fairly conservative hard drive parameters that do not take
advantage of DMA that most new hard drives are equipped with.
Debian does not comes with hdparm installed by default, so let’s go
ahead and install it…”


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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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