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> All this talk about how the greatness of debian has prompted me to look
into
> trying it. What I'd like to find is a quick summary of supported features
> (ie: kernel version, usb, firewire, smp, gnome/kde, ide-scsi, journaled
fs,
> video cards, XF86 version, etc). I've looked at debian.org and found a
> package listing, but can't find a concise summary. anyone know where I
might
> find such a thing?
The latest officially released version (2.2, aka "potato") uses what is now
an older 2.2 series kernel; doens't have firewire or USB support as part of
the standard install; etc. So it lags well behind the other distros in terms
of easily finding and supporting varied amounts of hardware during install.
HOWEVER, it's quite easy to upgrade to the latest "beta" version - called
"testing" or "woody" - and then you will get support for all those things -
later 2.4x kernel, X v4, etc. Quite easily means 2 "apt" commands, BTW.
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