Well, I have installed and used Libranet for a while and I think it is a great distro, it is focused on the deskto, easy to install and very easy to configure... It has a lot of winwow managers, it has Gnome and KDE preconfigured, lots of apps... I think it is great for a newcomer... I would not use it for a server tho...
On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Royce Bell wrote: > Sheesh, you guys are scaring the pants off me! Or, maybe I'm just getting > to old to go about things like I did 30 years ago...hmmm? Actually, I'm not > so scared as I am overwhelmed at how much I have forgotten over the years of > DOS/Windows immersion (I'd transliterate that as "baptism," but the > scriptural import of that term implies newness, regeneration, and Heaven: > All terms that seem quite inappropriate in the context of BSOD). > > A number of you have posted me directly with a recommendation of Libranet as > a good starting point, while still maintaining the Debian relationship. A > couple of you guys (any gurls here?) warned that I would not be happy with > Libranet. Am I correct in understanding Libranet IS Debian with simplified > installation/management? And, are there limitations to Libranet that I need > to know going in? Are there benefits to the Debian distro directly, and > what are they? At this point, I'm not so sure I'm interested in a plethora > of configuration options, so much as a clean and stable install that will > let me get the system up, running StarOffice or some other suite > (suggestions?), connected to my Earthlink/DSL account, and printing. > > Also, I'm not sure I am understanding some terms you guys are using that > seem to me to be synonymous, eg. windowsmanager and shell, etc. > > One other thought: I am leaning toward doing the GNU/Linux install on two > machines, concurrently. One as the productivity machine, and the other to > make parallel installs AND configuration changes or new installs before they > go on the productivity machine, just to be sure I don't burn the bridge (do > I have to buy TWO licenses for that, Bill? Just joking). Boy, parallel > install brings back memories of "how we used to do it." Matter of fact, > that's how I first "broke" my Microsoft license agreement, not taking > chances on the woeful frustrations of "fix one problem, create ten more" of > Microsoft releases with my system that was required to get the work out. > > Thoughts? > > rpb > ================= > R. P. Bell > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
