Linked by Michael Katsevman on Thu 6th Nov 2003 19:33 UTC
Debian is widely considered the Linux distribution with the best package management tool, APT and one of the largest software bases (>13,000). However, the installation horror stories kept me away. Nevertheless, eager to try it out, I failed to install various other Debian GNU/Linux based distributions. Some failed to boot even after I tried to reinstall for the fourth time, and others just couldn't detect my hardware. While Knoppix is highly recommended, I decided to stick with hard-drive based distros (Although it is the distribution of choice for LiveCDs). Then came Libranet.
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would be a tough install on recent hardware.
i just started running debian (because of the redhat/fedora news) in preparation to migrate my servers.
i had to find an older machine to install on, but it went smoothly. upgraded to testing(sarge?) and all is good.
but newer systems, i have no idea how anyone installs it on newer chipsets
promise controllers, via and nvidia chipsets, etc etc etc....you'd be toast.