installed debian etch this is my experience...

[EnGorDiaz]

i recently installed it by the netinstall cd and my experiences made me want to throw my computer at the wall(bird in the house style xD) there is no way in hell i could get my ati radeon hd3450 working in etch or in any other operating system but ubuntu fedora and wolvix which is sad i wanted to try other ditributions

i tryed installing envy legacy wow big mistake
i tryed configuring xorg myself oh goddess that was horrible

my thoughts now is im going to stick to fedora ubuntu and wolvix as there good operating systems debian is aswell it was just ashame i couldnt get it working

i also tryed the livecd to reinstall debian but there is no install options available no desktop icon

but in other news has anyone has success in the gma950 on debian bcus im going to be installing osx86 (try)debian and fedora if debian doesnt work i will stick to old ubuntu

[EnGorDiaz]

i recently installed it by the netinstall cd and my experiences made me want to throw my computer at the wall(bird in the house style xD) there is no way in hell i couldnt get my ati radeon hd3450 working in etch or in any other operating system but ubuntu fedora and wolvix which is sad i wanted to try other ditributions

i tryed installing envy legacy wow big mistake
i tryed configuring xorg myself oh goddess that was horrible

my thoughts now is im going to stick to fedora ubuntu and wolvix as there good operating systems debian is aswell it was just ashame i couldnt get it working

i also tryed the livecd to reinstall debian but there is no install options available no desktop icon

but in other news has anyone has success in the gma950 on debian bcus im going to be installing osx86 (try)debian and fedora if debian doesnt work i will stick to old ubuntu

dont think im crazy with this but i think i will install arch next ive heard some great reviews on it i just want a distro which i can configure and will work at the same time :P

[Lowcountry]

you should try debian lenny...etch is mainly used for servers

[basenvironment]

Trying to install a OS that was released a year and a half ago and was considered dated the day it was released....probably not going to be a smooth ride...

Try Lenny and see what ya think...
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/i386/iso-cd/

[kerry_s]

http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html

[Rokurosv]

Yeah the netinstall can be dificult at first, I ruined my first install, my 2nd wasn't that great but like they say third time is a charm, and I got it right, but I hated how dated are some of the apps in etch so I moved to Lenny.

[utnubuuser]

Want a cool Debian? http://www.sidux.com/ It's Debian Sid minus the unstable packages. Tried it last week, - not too shabby! It's got an automatic driver installer in the actual installer.

[basenvironment]

It's Debian Sid minus the unstable packages.
uh, that would be nothing since none of the packages are well tested ergo they are unstable

Sidux is debian much like any other debian-based distro is debian. Sidux uses its own kernel, sidux has its own set of tools, sidux performs its own tweaks, sidux has its own package repos, sidux has not adopted debian policy. Sidux is Sidux. Debian is Debian. Sid is Debian.

[utnubuuser]

Oh, ok.

Suppose I should've said Debian based.
Thanks. Good to know. -- especially about the policy.

[markharding557]

Want a cool Debian? http://www.sidux.com/ It's Debian Sid minus the unstable packages. Tried it last week, - not too shabby! It's got an automatic driver installer in the actual installer.

sidux is based almost entirely on debian sid and so it is by definition unstable,sid is called unstable

[dizee]

I installed Debian Etch too on an older computer with the netinstall and found it really straightforward, but I suppose everyone's mileage is different.

A tip with configuring Xorg is copying the xorg.conf for the distros that work to use it in other distros. Look at the driver section to see which you need to install.