On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, koyote wrote: koyote >But if you want to *learn* linux- install Debian.
hate to disagree but i always reccomend slackware to those who want to *learn* linux :) thats how i learned, and i learned quite a bit manually compiling/installing hundreds of apps on my own. not that the same cant be done on debian its just not as likely since there are so many there waiting for you. talked to my friend a couple weeks ago when he first installed slackware, he spent an hour trying to mount the cdrom! doh. he smacked himself pretty hard when i told him what the command was, he tried everything except the most basic. hah. koyote >(Also- Debian is the best, IMO, distro for installing on small partitions- koyote >which can be a concern in laptops.) last laptop install i did, i installed to a normal PC, imaged the drive, burned it to cd, and restored the partition to the laptop, was using a old 486 laptop with an unsupported pcmcia cdrom, and the pcmcia NICs i could get didnt work with it, and i couldnt get a parallel port cdrom working on it, and the hdd was only 500mb. ack. i love that about linux though, install it on one machine, copy it to another running totally different hardware and there is no problem, most times when i do that with win* ack it gets caught in a hardware detection loop forcing a reinstall. nate ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 10:05pm up 107 days, 9:47, 3 users, load average: 2.33, 1.89, 1.69