newby debian questions

newby debian questions

[Keith Barrett]

Hi all,

Really excited I just installed debian.

This is what I did, not sure if I have made some mistakes along the 
way.

I got the installation iso from 
http://people.debian.org/~shane/netinst-speakup/ and started reading 
the debian installation manual.

I wanted to see if the iso had written so I put a new hd in the caddy 
and booted from the cd.

I had planned to stop once I got speech and go back to the manual but 
just got too excited.  So, Language selection was fine and when I got 
to the partitions, I opted for the recommended setup for beginners 
(perhaps this is not a good idea?

Next slight problem I have is that when it came to the package 
install, I let it get them via ftp and selected the manually select 
packages.

This is where you choose between mail server, desktop and various 
other choices.
I think I may have gone wrong now as there seemed to be a lot of 
stuff installed and I did not get any choices although I expected 
them?

Just wondering now about which mail client would be good for a 
beginner.  I connect to the internet with a adsl rooter which is 
connected to the network card.

Also, any further reading recommendations.

Sorry about the ramble but I am so excited that I got it working.


Keith

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Keith Barrett
email <keith@barrettpianos.co.uk>
Website www.barrettpianos.co.uk
Amateur radio callsign gw4nby
Corntown, South Wales

Re: newby debian questions

[Lorenzo Taylor]

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I think you did fine with the package selection, although I for some reason
thought there was supposed to be a way to use aptitude to select the packages
instead of using tasksel and selecting mail server and the like.

As for the mail client, I recommend Mutt.  It is very powerful, but is also
fairly easy for a beginner to use with minimal or no configuration while
learning how to use it.  You will probably want to tailor it to your needs
later, but it will get the mail from your local mailbox and allow you to read it
without having to do any configuration.

As for docs, there is plenty of Debian related information on debian.org in the
documentation section.  For general Linux info as well as help with specific
software, the Linux documentation project at tldp.org and linuxquestions.org are
good places to get help and information.

HTH,
Lorenzo
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