Installing Debian

I began this course by installing the Debian kernel of Linux onto an old Pentium processor machine I had lying around. My first efforts worked after several tries though I ran into an issue with operating system setup. I only wanted a single operating system of Linux so I choose to only have Linux on the hard drive. After installing and playing with the file system with the command line I tried running X (a shell to start running a GUI to control the system). After discovering that the file was not present on my installation I began reading to discover my error.

After reading Linux for Dummies I discovered that Debian does not include X, GNOME, or KDE as a part of the standard installation disks. So in order to get these programs you must have a network card and a network for the computer to access the internet to download these files. This of course can be set up during or after installation but is probably easier to do during installation. So I will reinstall again to fix this issue. I will update as I continue to learn Debian.