Understanding debian

[jaac]

hi all,

I'm a slackware user but i want to try debian, however i dont understand very well the apt-get system and the versions of debian, someone can help me?

[Vergil83]

the apt-get system is just like slapt-get or swaret.
for example, if you wanted to install mozilla you would just do

apt-get install mozilla

and it will install mozilla

there are there releases of debian. Unstable (sid), testing (sarge), and stable (woody). Stable is just that, stable, but it is only updated every 1.5 years, so it is not cutting edge. testing is updated more often, and unstable is "the wild version".

http://www.debian.org/releases/

[jens]

Or try it's new installer(better drivers and HW support):
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/