Thinking of switching to Debian.... any advice?

[Buddha Bart]

I currently run a slackware 7.1 setup, but I'm really new and I find it a bit of a pain in the ass to do things. Plus, slack's future doesn't look bright.

One of the things about Debian that looks appealing is its packaging. I'm still a fan of windows-like install wizards, as It'll be a cold day in hell before I read source, so I have no need for it.

Does anyone know where I can find out more info about it? I've already perused through debian.org, but i'd like more 3rd party opinions.

What about other options (besides redhat/mandrake)?

[edit]Oh yeah, this system is mostly for serving purposes. I may use Exceed and occasionally hook up a monitor, but 90% of the time its going to be console.[/edit]

bart

 

[BOFH]

I personally like Debian a lot for servers as long as you're running stable. I'm unwilling to run Wood (testing) until it is stable as it recieves no security updates. I do run it though and it is quite nice.

The update and upgrade functions in apt are quite addictive though.

 

[mcveigh]

>Thinking of switching to Debian.... any advice? <

yea tell me how you did it!

seriously I've been playing with it at home on a few pare gigs. The first part of the install goes fine till I reboot. Then my cable modem doesn't work anymore and last night I could't get it to recognize any cd's it said the kernel didn't recognize the file system!!! not to mention I have a geforce2MX card and it doesn't play nice w/ X 3.3.6. I relly liked the install though..
also http://www.debianplanet.org is where I have found some answers, but not all