what is the latest debian release. On the website it says 3.0 "woody" which is what i downloaded and it comes with kernel 2.2 and uses ext2 but my friend said that came out a long time ago and theyre on 2.6.9 now but i dont see this anywhere on the site, did they change the website and not tell me or somethin?

When reading about Debian releases, keep in mind that "Stable" means "old". "Testing" means "current".

Regards,
Willie.

http://www.debian.org/releases/

The latest kernel or release doesn't necessarily mean it is stable and usable.

Kernel 2.4 still works fine. You can browse the web, get e-mail, watch video streams, word process just fine etc. 2.6 has updated for security, wi-fi ect.

If you feel Debian Woody is too old you might want to check out Ubuntu. Ubuntu is an up-to-date Debian distribution for the desktop. I tried it and found it very nice and usable.

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/

Håkan

And may I also add that you can request a Ubuntu CD to send to you for FREE! However, I am still waiting for mine to arrive while I requested for it long time ago. So, if you want to try it out right away, just download the darn thing and burn it to a CD...

y2k

Stable is rather arcaic... It comes with things like gnome 1.4 and kde 2... It doesn't really make a good workstation. And in Debian terms... stable means ROCK solid. and I do mean Rock Solid...stable is a hoss.

Testing makes a much better workstation... It stays fairly up-to-date, and it's as stable as you really would ever need. Using the testing distribution is generally recommended. Here's a link to dl testing: http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/cd-images/debian-weekly/

I personally install debian off the net. If you have a broadband connection, I would highly recommend this approach... For one thing, you only have to download 1 cd, which is only used for the base system installation. Also, you stay up-to-date, and you have access to all the software in their repository without having to download 14 ISOs...ick. Net install is the way to go.