I was able to get to a console and log in but couldn't find this log file. What command can I use that will give me a list of commands available?
On Nov 30, 2007 3:19 PM, al davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > reply in pieces... > > On Friday 30 November 2007, Robert Butts wrote: > > I don't know if I went with the wrong distribution when > > selecting Fedora. A freind suggested it because they were > > rumored to have good support. In hind sight I probably > > should have asked everyone here, the gEDA gurus, what is the > > best distribtion to use with gaf since this is the reason I > > started using linux. Oh well, if this is unrecoverable, and > > I'm hoping it isn't, then consider the question out there! > > Explicitly asking here will get you a flood of "this one is > better than that one" without any reason why. Rather, you > should "implicitly" ask .. by observing. > > The simple answer to "which distribution" is "use the one your > friends are using". More reasonably, check to see which ones > best support the applications you want to run. Since this is > gEDA, check the distributions to see what they support. See > how up to date the packages are. Check the headers on the > email messages of the people making the software to see what > they use. > > You need to choose between "stable" distributions and "unstable" > distributions. If you don't care about having the latest, or > are willing to build from source to get the latest, choose > a "stable" distribution. If you want the latest, easily, > choose an "unstable" distribution. If you want to keep up with > development as it happens, you will be building from source > anyway, so it doesn't matter. > > You need make a base choice about the packaging. Some are based > on packages that are precompiled. Some are "source based", so > the package manager really just tames the build process, > compiling on your machine. > > Consider what it takes to update to a new version of the > distribution. For some, you need to reinstall, so it will seem > like you are always stuck with an old one. Others, a simple > command can keep it up to date, without a reinstall. I would > consider only distros that can be updated to the latest version > with a simple command. > > Consider what kind of organization is behind the distribution. > Some are corporate, some are totally community, some are mixed. > > Consider what the inclusion policy is. Some are very strict > about "free". Some cut a little slack. Some have categories, > so the core can be strict, and have an extra section with a > little slack, or a lot of slack. Some freely > include "non-free", which in this scope means what the MS > people call "free", or "zero-cost propriatary". Some > applications may or may not be there because of this policy. > You will not get a correct answer by expilcitly asking this > question. You must determine it yourself by what packages are > included and where they are placed. > > Most have both stable and unstable variants. If you install > stable, you should be able to switch to unstable with a simple > command. Sometimes you can do a partial switch. Sometimes the > way to get to unstable is to install stable and switch. > > I deliberately didn't mention names. You need to figure that > out for yourself. To choose a good distribution, ask these > questions. That will point you to the one you want. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user >
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