I searched the internet and this forum and only found few things that a beginner can follow:
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I tried the apt-get but it failed saying:
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E: The value "wheezy-backports" is invalid for APT::Default-Release as such a release is not available in the sources
I downloaded the complete Debian 7.7 from official site. Maybe wheezy-backports is a different distribution than whezzy? Can someone help? I suppose with low-cost laptop computers running wild these days, such as mine (listed below) for $300, there should be a lot of similar issues. This is an opportunity to get more people to use Linux but not until there is a simple enough solution for beginners to just overcome this issue. I'm trying to learn Linux so I turned my old laptop into debian 7.6 but that machine is from 2009 so I don't have a lot of faith in it's longevity. I got this second one new just for Linux but wanted to keep win 8 just in case.
In case I have to install Debian testing version that some said worked, how do I get rid of my current installation, which is UEFI? Do I just erase its partitions in windows? Then what happens to its UEFI boot manager? Just leave it there to rot? If I install again with debian testing version, I envision some problems of the grub UEFI boot manager thinking that the debian 7.7 is still there and try to boot to it. I do have the partition images in partition manager home version 12 so I could just restore the UEFI partition (with sweat in palms).
HP Pavilion 15
Core i5 421-U
4GB DDR3L
750GB WD hard drive
15.4" 1366*786