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| author | Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org> | 2012-09-16 18:09:52 +0000 |
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| committer | Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org> | 2012-09-16 18:09:52 +0000 |
| commit | 4eb76947c6a03e270c1e1490909e505646171328 (patch) | |
| tree | 343f9b9e8b8514b213ae1f9948e880e8fcdf0abf | |
| parent | 5679d525cf225e13dc7f3dc59f6c37d806f4601d (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-4eb76947c6a03e270c1e1490909e505646171328.zip | |
Typo fixes and some wording changes by
Philippe Batailler <philippe.batailler@free.fr>
| -rw-r--r-- | en/preparing/needed-info.xml | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/en/preparing/needed-info.xml b/en/preparing/needed-info.xml index e642466ff..f48b6f107 100644 --- a/en/preparing/needed-info.xml +++ b/en/preparing/needed-info.xml @@ -283,11 +283,11 @@ not run as many different types of hardware as some operating systems. Drivers in &arch-kernel; in most cases are not written for a certain "product" or "brand" from a specific manufacturer, but for a certain -hardware/chipset, regardless of the "brand" it is used in. Many seemingly +hardware/chipset. Many seemingly different products/brands are based on the same hardware design; it is not uncommon that chip manufacturers provide so-called "reference designs" for products based on their chips which are then used by several different -device manufactureres and sold under lots of different product or brand +device manufacturers and sold under lots of different product or brand names. </para><para> @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ might be no driver at all for one of them. </para><para> For USB and PCI/PCI-Express/ExpressCard devices, a good way to find out on -which chipset they are based ist to look at their device IDs. All +which chipset they are based is to look at their device IDs. All USB/PCI/PCI-Express/ExpressCard devices have so called "vendor" and "product" IDs, and the combination of these two is usually the same for any product based on the same chipset. @@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ graphics card example), can help. <para> &debian-gnu; is also available as a so-called "live system" for certain -architectures. A live system is a preconfigured ready-to-use installation +architectures. A live system is a preconfigured ready-to-use system in a compressed format that can be booted and used from a read-only medium like a CD or DVD. Using it by default does not create any permanent changes on your computer. You can change user settings and install additional |