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09-15-2006

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Ubuntu is vary easy to install. Debian is harder. Both will support your hardware if it has been around for more than say six months.

Don't use experimental kernels until you learn how to do backups and restores.

Ubuntu will ask if you want to dual boot - meaning you keep windows. You will need to create a partition large enough for ubuntu (or debian or whatever distro you choose). Then you can install and boot either to Windows or Ubuntu.

The only reason I mention Ubuntu is that it (and probably Knoppix ) is the easiest to install and get running. It's meant for Windows users. Knoppix will run from a cd, without ever installing anything. This is ultra-safe, and also pretty limited.

Please get out and read a lot before you do something you may not like.
Before you do anything, create a full backup.
Try http://www.ubuntu.com/ to start with.

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what-patch

WHAT-PATCH(1)						      General Commands Manual						     WHAT-PATCH(1)

NAME

       what-patch - detect which patch system a Debian package uses

SYNOPSIS

       what-patch [options]

DESCRIPTION

       what-patch examines the debian/rules file to determine which patch system the Debian package is using.

       what-patch should be run from the root directory of the Debian source package.

OPTIONS

       Listed below are the command line options for what-patch:

       -h, --help
	      Display a help message and exit.

       -v     Enable verbose mode.  This will include the listing of any files modified outside or the debian/ directory and report any additional
	      details about the patch system if available.

AUTHORS

       what-patch was written by Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>, Siegfried-A. Gevatter <rainct@ubuntu.com>, and  Daniel  Hahler  <ubuntu@thequod.de>,
       among others.  This manual page was written by Jonathan Patrick Davies <jpds@ubuntu.com>.

       Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.

SEE ALSO

       The Ubuntu MOTU team has some documentation about patch systems at the Ubuntu wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/PatchSystems

       cdbs-edit-patch(1), dbs-edit-patch(1), dpatch-edit-patch(1)

DEBIAN
								 Debian Utilities						     WHAT-PATCH(1)