Debian Install [was: Where is this Wednesday's Meeting?]

[Brian Densmore]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Steinkuehler
> ...
> I'm still floundering through dselect and apt to get the 
> packages I want 
> installed, then I need to configure apt-get for internet 
> access so I can 
> get security updates, but it seems to be going pretty well so-far.
This does not bode well when a true Linux guru is floundering through. ;)

I don't like dselect (although it is sometimes necessary to use). 
I do suggest installing netselect, before you do anything else.

Here's a one pager howto for apt.
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-basico.en.html

>From a new debian convert,
Brian