Dear all,

I am a RH user for a long time, now I want to replace RH to debian 3.0r1. I heard that many people said that Debian

Linux is only text mode for install, and it is not suit for a beginner, but since I downloaded the Fedora, and it

make me feeling disappoint of it many bugs and poor of support, so I decided change to Debian. But ... many thing

wnat to ask and unknow how to do so.. here are my questions.

1. If I can install Debian Linux 3.0r1 successful, and can online by my ADSL, later the next step is do what that

can update the system, such as Gnone to 2.4 and KDE to 3.0 etc, and the bugs fix, security fix, I need enter what

command can do that? Since I know that Debian Linux is not using RPM to update.

2. Do Debian Linux is suit daily using, and do it can do well with multimedia like Mandrake Linux? Do I can easy to

update to latest Gnome and KDE? Anyone can successful update the old Debina Linux 3.0r1's default Gnome to Gnome 2

.4? And if yes, do you can share how to do that is the easy way?

Thanks, above is my qurstions, thanks for read and if someone can answer me, also thanks for his/her reply.

Yes, Debian is a "text-mode" install. It is very suited for beginners who have the ability to follow directions and read.

1. Yes you can install Debian. At the boot install prompt, type bf24 which will install with at 2.4.18 kernel.

Package management is done with dpkg and apt. dpkg is the equivalent of rpm, only without the RedHat rpm dependency hell. IT JUST WORKS. Examples are apt-get install ssh and apt-get remove apache. It's that simple. Did I mention it just works?

2. Debian is perfect for daily use. This is due to apt-get and dpkg once again. To use Gnome 2.4 and KDE 3.x I choose to use the Debian Unstable branch. THIS is done by editing the file /etc/apt/sources.list. But first, I would install stable (Woody) if I were you, and then worry about moving to Testing or Unstable.

If you are determined to stay on Woody (3.0r1) and want newer versions you will have to use packages that have been backported.

First, get it installed. Then, come back and worry about getting package X.x running.

PS: don't forget to apt-get install ssh