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Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Lenny

UPDATE!

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (Lenny) is Released!

The dynamics of The Game have now changed.

Happy to welcome so many past Windows users and excited new Debian (Linux) users! Happy to help you on your way.

debiantutorials.org is a casual project aiming to provide help to computer users migrating from Windows to Debian GNU/Linux. debiantutorials.org is unrelated to the actual Debian GNU/Linux project other than the obvious fact that this site is a Linux tutorial site focusing on one distribution - Debian.

debiantutorials.org is low-tech. What I mean by this is, I don't get very technical at all on this site. There are others far more qualified than I and they can write it better, too. Besides, I'm not speaking to a technical audience. Right? We're all "n00bs" and that's OK.

I hope that this site can come together as a desktop Debian GNU/Linux guide for the masses that are no doubt about to leave Windows behind for some peace of mind and actual functionality. Let's face it, if you don't do it now, you'll be doing it soon enough. Linux has come-of-age and it's ready for you and your Grandma to use. It's free, it's solid, and there are many compelling reasons to use it.

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0, Lenny is released 14 February 2009 and it looks even better than Etch did.

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Release Notes | Lenny Wiki | Dedicated to Thiemo

Update your sources now to either "lenny" or "stable" if you haven't already done so in order to upgrade from Etch to Lenny. Like this:

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free

After that run #aptitude update and then #aptitude upgrade. There's a bit more to it (not much) and we'll be getting into that. For now see the forum thread.

The announcement and the discs (direct downloads i386): ==> Net Install Version...Or, pick your flavor below.

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A Debian GNU/Linux timeline

Why not download a Debian Live CD (iso-i386)? They are all the rage and you may try Debian before installing by booting to this disc. I have DebianLive (USB-HDD-i386) on a flash drive. It impresses people no end.

HINT ==>$ dd if=binary.img of=${USBSTICK}

Where ${USBSTICK} is the path to your USB drive. Maybe /dev/sdb - bone-up

 

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 - Lenny - rocks your laptop, desktop, server and that LAN party rig. Show it off to your friends. Tell them how they are so not <whatever> enough for Debian. Better have those net install discs ready! Participate.

OpenSource, Linux, belongs in schools. Ring their ears and wake them up!

Take the time. And...understand. Please!.

Get started:installation i386...then....

The new "testing" - Squeeze.

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Songbird, Finally!
Written by Clif Brunstetter   
Friday, 24 April 2009 09:29

Do you hear a bird, a sweet little bird? A Songbird?

It's finally time. And I've graduated. I've moved from the mystique to the easy. See, I do believe that's what it's all about. Generally speaking, everyone wants their computer to be a tool they use efficiently. They don't need a headache, and strange, unexplained actions or sequences that we must perform but don't understand don't enchant us with computers. So for that part of computers, most of us are "windowcized". We expect point and shoot, or very few clicks to happiness. We might as well have it done for us.

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Last Updated on Friday, 24 April 2009 16:18
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Managing Your Debian System Software
Written by machiner   
Sunday, 22 February 2009 11:13

EDITI just made a little video0 of a quick package installation using aptitude. Those using Debian and its package management schemes can't say enough about how sweet it really is /EDIT

Pre-Goods Rant



It's not easy to please Humans.  Most of us demand gold if we are to give up our tin and have many other unreasonable expectations of things.  It's usually from all the lines of BS that we hear.  Our heads get filled with fantasy and it's pretty attractive, a damn site more attractive than what we've already got.  For example when some kid tells you that his car is better than yours.  Or, his computer never gives him trouble, or - I can do this...can you?

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Last Updated on Saturday, 11 April 2009 09:07
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Update Notifier Goodness on your Debian Lenny Desktop
Written by machiner   
Thursday, 19 February 2009 08:07

Update Notifier

So, I am sitting here at the dining room table with my daughter this dreary looking Thursday morning. She sits to my right eating her cereal, infrequently punctuating my news reading with quirky remarks about this and that. She's so wonderful. When, from out of nowhere a tiny orange "thing" appears up in my status bar.

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Last Updated on Saturday, 21 March 2009 06:46
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nVIDIA 3D drivers for Debian 5.0 Lenny
Written by machiner   
Tuesday, 17 February 2009 08:14

Just a few short weeks ago we all got the ability to install nVIDIA the "Debian way" again as it hasn't worked for a while during testing. Way to go team, hooo-RAH! From a fresh installation of Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 - Lenny, it's easy to get the nVIDIA drivers installed if you've got that kind of card on your box. My laptop has an 8400 something, something and playing games like Nexuiz is a joy on it. GoogleEarth and Celestia are pretty cool, too.

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Last Updated on Thursday, 05 March 2009 21:12
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Wireless on Lenny from a net install iwl4965
Written by machiner   
Saturday, 28 February 2009 11:11

With a net install you may not have all the firmware and drivers you need to be fabulous from square one, so it's important to have what you need on hand before you start. Unless you don't worry about connecting wirelessly from your porch. But if you want that you can have it with a little planning. I have an HP Pavilion laptop. The wireless nic is an Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN. Although the Lenny installer will prompt me for the firmware during install it forces a WEP encrypted connection and I use WPA2. Therefore I don't bother with this functionality, but you can if you like. I already have copies floating around of the deb files I need, namely:

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 April 2009 12:05
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Move your Joomla Installation to a new Server
Written by machiner   
Saturday, 21 February 2009 12:05

It's relatively simple to move your Joomla install to a new server. All you need are the files and the database dump. Then, you need a server to move it to (yours locally) and to import the dump into a new or existing database. With this short tutorial you will see how simple this process is. Although there can be issues, these are usually those simple things we tend to overlook for whatever reason.

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Last Updated on Friday, 24 April 2009 12:58
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Setting up Debian GNU/Linux 5.0, Lenny - HP Pavilion 6871
Written by machiner   
Friday, 20 February 2009 10:18

Setting up Debian Lenny for desktop action

The HP laptop I use these days suits me just fine (See bootnote below). It's got some decent specs and running Debian on it has it acting as if it can anticipate my demands. Which is, of course, exactly what I expect. Back in the NT4 days boxes that I set up ran schwiiing like this, too. In my experiences on desktops, NT4 and Debian rock them hardest. And who doesn't want that kind of action? See here for specs.

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Last Updated on Saturday, 02 May 2009 09:31
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