Better yet, use Knoppix. Or wait a couple days for the new one. http://knopper.net/knoppix/index-old-en.html
Easiest and best Debian available. You're right, though. It's like M$ trying to push 3.1 because it's so old all the bugs have finally been worked out, and it's so "stable"... Many people would call that "obsolete." --- Jim Woodward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suggest you install sarge and immediately > thereafter install kernel 2.6.5 > "Trollcollect" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hello list, > > > > after 3 days of twiddling with a "recent" copy of > > debians woody release i need to vent a bit of the > > anger and frustration that this distribution has > > caused. > > > > I want to start with saying that i was a strong > > advocate of debian compared to distributions such > as > > RedHat and SuSE. Being a UNIX admin professionally > > (Solaris mainly), i felt home on a debian system > > pretty quick, and the packaging method was unique > > among all linux deriatives i have seen. Also i > used to > > like debians approach of stability before > > bleeding-edge stuff. > > > > However as i have to install a small network now > (7 > > WS's and one server), i have to reconsider this > > assessment. I downloaded woody (2 failed attempts > to > > get an installation CD with the new jigdo method). > > What i got after installation was > > - a 2.2 Kernel without ext3 support > > - a KDE 2.0 > > overall totally outdated and useless versions of > > libraries and software. > > > > I then tried to figure out how to update those > > packages i need in recent versions. As i know KDE > from > > Solaris, i trust enough in their own QA procedure > to > > consider their 3.2.1 stable enough for usage. Why > > debian believes KDE 2.0 is more stable, or even > usable > > at all, is beyond my understanding. > > > > However it turned out that i could not update only > > selected packages easily. In fact neither of > dselect > > or apt-get seemed to have a method to do this in a > > sensible way. > > > > Now it MAY well be that i am just an idiot who is > not > > capable of doing this, however i asked in a few > linux > > related channels and also at work, noone could > tell me > > how to set up a half-way decent debian without > > compromising the pkg system. Sure many told me to > > build it all by hand but then, without the > packaging > > system what good is debian? > > > > I hope that whoever is responsible for the > direction > > debian is steering to currently thinks about the > > target of the whole distribution, which is to > provide > > users with a decent linux system that comes > stable, > > yet with all neccessary parts to be competetive > among > > other distributions. > > > > > > > > > > Mit schönen Grüßen von Yahoo! Mail - > http://mail.yahoo.de > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
