Re: Novice computer users!

[Marcus Wilson]

   Is this too advanced for the new user?

   [1]https://www.wikihow.com/Install-Debian

   It is a guide for someone who has a windows computer that is installing
   Debian over it.

   There is also this e-book  / handbook

   [2]https://dflinux.frama.io/thebeginnershandbook/

   Sometimes people  might find the task of making a bootable USB drive or
   CD or DVD a bit too dificult. In that case you could also point them at
   vendors of installation media.

   [3]Global List of Install Media for Debian
   https://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/

   [4]A vendor that ships USB drives with the media on it in the USA
   https://www.linuxcollections.com/products/debian/debian.htm

   There is Free Software that can run on any platform.  A good starting
   point is to run something like Spacemacs or Emacs, Firefox,
   Thunderbird, and VLC are all great.

   I hope that helps you and the BPL patron out.

   -Marcus

   On Mon, Jan 27, 2020, at 1:33 PM, Don Saklad wrote:

   Where online are easy to understand pages about How to install

   Free Software, an Operating System on a new computer out of the box?

       A Librarian at Boston Public Library asked, for a BPL Library User,


        "How do you install Free Software?"


       Searching online didn't readily turn up easy to understand

       information for novice computer users!

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References

   1. https://www.wikihow.com/Install-Debian
   2. https://dflinux.frama.io/thebeginnershandbook/
   3. https://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/
   4. https://www.linuxcollections.com/products/debian/debian.htm