On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 07:18:02PM +0530, Amish K. Munshi wrote:
I am indeed blessed with a permenant connection, however it is a slow one. Does gentoo take a lot of time to install since it probably will compile everything? I would like to have the KDE 3.1 (beta will do) which comes with gentoo. Also hows is the installation of debian, I had tried an old one and lost a lot of data, all my mistake though. :-)
I use Debian experimental ... yay that include's packages that are too unstable for "Debian unstable" :-D
Installation is a breeze, but you have to know everything about your computer ... its not as simple as Redhat, and things DO go wrong. But there's enough scope to save yourself.
We have a Debian mirror in IIT, from where one can do network installs. For you, I would recommend getting a set of Debian Woody (the current "stable") and then use the mirror for further upgrades.
Sameer.