On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Steven Peck wrote:
> fine. When I get Debian to install satifactorily, I do have a long term
> goal of replacing my IIS server with a Debian Apache system, and my seperate
> Exchange server with a qmail setup. Just got to get a stable understandable
> Linux system installed and tested first. :)
I strongly recommend, if you have the bandwidth and a CD burner, that you
download and try Progeny Debian (ftp or http at archive.progeny.com) for a
go. It's based off of a fairly recent snapshot of Woody, and while
somewhat bleeding edge - glibc 2.2, 2.4.x kernel options, XFree 4.0.2,
etc. - the install is simply amazing. I did the Custom install for
Progeny. It was exceedingly straightforward. It gave me a fair amount of
options.
And it was easier than installing Windows with default settings. I kid you
not.
I'm not sure if the installer is part of Woody, or if it's Progeny's own.
It autodetected ALL of my hardware, including my mouse for X - something
that SaX2, one of the best X autoconfig programs to date has been
consistently unable to do - without even a glitch, and gave me base
package options to install based on groups.
If you're looking for a way to play with Debian and you have a spare
system, Progeny is where it's at. My only disappointment is that it
doesn't come with an option to install on ReiserFS out of the box; and few
enough distros do that anyways that I'm not concerned about it overly
much.
--
George Metz
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"We know what deterrence was with 'mutually assured destruction' during
the Cold War. But what is deterrence in information warfare?" -- Brigadier
General Douglas Richardson, USAF, Commander - Space Warfare Center
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