I'll try to help where I can :) To quote "David B. Small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # 1) Have other folks had trouble installing from potato CD's, or is it # likely mine are bad.
I can't say for sure - I only used one CD, but it went flawlessly(after I figured out how to get through the install process ;). # 3) Should there have been a file manager/explorer included, when I # installed? (There wasn't...if none come standard, are there # recommendations? Eazel/Nautilus? Konqueror? Others? Come to think of it, I don't think there is. However, I do have some suggestions. a) 'mc': Console app, very popular. b) 'gmc': GNOME version of 'mc', also fairly popular. Ageing technology, will be replaced by Nautilus as soon as is feasible. c) 'konqueror': KDE file manager, does HTML fairly well(I use it as my daily browser). Fairly stable, but not terribly feature-full as a file manager. Think Windows Explorer. d) 'dfm': Old, but still useful. Light on resources, uses X. I use it for desktop icons(when I need them). e) 'nautilus': Unstable and slow, but very very pretty. Will use Mozilla for HTML, with appropriate decrease in stability and decrease in speed. f) 'filerunner': 'mc'-like, uses X and Tcl/Tk(or just Tk, dunno for sure). I used this for a fair while. Powerful and easy to use. g) 'emelfm': Like 'filerunner', but more up-to-date, and uses GTK+ as its widget set. When don't use command-line tools, this is what I use. # 4) Should there have been a GUI package manager? (or is apt-get/dpkg # the only way to go?) More options: a) 'dselect': Old and difficult to use for most. b) 'console-apt': Also known as 'capt', relatively easy-to-use. I use this for the most part. Console based. c) 'gnome-apt': GNOME frontend to 'apt'. Not entirely bug-free, but useful nevertheless. d) 'stormpkg': GTK+/GNOME-based package manager. I find it very useful. Similar interface to console-apt. When I'm going to be working on package management for more than three minutes, this is what I use. # 6) How can I get my Logitech USB mouse to work with this system? # (It's less important, since I still have a psaux mouse from MS) I don't know for sure, but kernel 2.2.18 *does* have support for USB. Never had to use it myself, though. I imagine the hardest part would be to get X to use the right device/protocol. Hope I helped, Dave