Debian to Mepis

[Guest xarzu]

Hello Forum!

 

I have started out on a Linux journey. I have a very old ChemBook laptop computer that had had Windows 95 on it. The world (the on-line world, in particular) had advanced to the point where this laptop was really no longer useful. So I had been thinking that this was a good chance to start learning Linux.

 

Then a project had developed at work where some other programmers had decided to start using Debian. So I started attempting to install Debian. This did not go very smoothly.

 

The latest version of Debian (Etch) did not agree immediately with my video hardware. I struggled with this for a while and eventually decided to give Mepis a shot. This worked.

 

Now I am thinking that once I get some other hardware issue resolved I might switch again after I learn more about Linux.

 

So this is where I am now. Any suggestions?

[arctic]

Welcome aboard. :)

 

What video card does that laptop have? In Debian you will have to install the xorg-modules for several video-drivers, otherwise it won't start the graphical desktop.

 

Post the hardware issues you have and we will deal with them one by one.

[Artificial Intelligence]

I think you should try Arctic's suggestion. He's the man to guide you through

 

 

Mepis is good, but it lacks of a knowledgable community and the software is "old" (both Mepis 6.0 and the new release 6.5 (a few days ago) is based on Ubuntu Dapper 6.06 and its repo).