A little question
I'm sorry to disturbyou, i want to ask a question i can't find the answer alone. I've been reading the debian site for hours and i'm deeply sensitive to the debian philosophy of distributing linux. I'm using an old RedHat version kernel 2.4.6 and i want to update it. I'd like to use the latest debian version but i wonder if it won't be difficult for me to adaptate : i've spend a long time to learn on the book bought with my RedHat package, and now i'm used to the basic commands and the folders structure (/etc /user /dev,...) I wonder if it's quite the same with Debian Sorry for this basic question, thanks
Re: A little question
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 01:58:22PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been reading the debian site for hours and i'm deeply sensitive to the debian philosophy of distributing linux. Great! i've spend a long time to learn on the book bought with my RedHat package, and now i'm used to the basic commands and the folders structure (/etc /user /dev,...) I wonder if it's quite the same with Debian In general, Debian will use the same command-line tools as RedHat (and almost all other Linux distributions), and will usually put things in the same or similar places. However, the location of a lot of config files is different in RedHat and Debian, which can trip you up occasionally. A quick grep, find, or google will usually find the answer, and for everything else, there's MasterCard -- sorry, mailing lists and IRC. - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Little question
On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 07:59:27PM -0700, storm wrote: i Just want to know what debian is gona look like after the installation do you have some kind of desktop like windows 98 or xp or it's completly different ??? i look on your web page but i dont see any screenshot :( hi, debian comes with a variety of window managers you can choose from, some are very similar to windoze desktops, some are rather simple/functional and some are extremly extensible and offer a lot of eye-candy. i am pretty confident that you can find something that suits you. cu robert pgpdf0KiuKODR.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Little question
storm wrote: i Just want to know what debian is gona look like after the installation do you have some kind of desktop like windows 98 or xp or it's completly different ??? i look on your web page but i dont see any screenshot :( sorry for my english am french hehehhee Wild Salut, Debian vient avec une multitude de 'gestionnaires d'ecran' (window-manager), qui ont des apparences differentes. http://www.plig.org/xwinman/ peut donner une idee de ce qui est possible. La plupart de ces 'window managers' est inclu dans debian (CDE n'est pas dedans, car il est commercial) http://www.plig.org/xwinman/intro.html peut donner une bonne idee de ce que je parle. Une autre difference au monde windows est le fait qu'il est possible d'installer plusieurs de ces window managers et de laisser choisir l'utilisateur. Dans la plupart des cas, les programmes ne necessitent pas un window-manager spécifique. Il est aussi possible d'installer debian pour une ligne de commande seulement (p.ex. un serveur). Avec mes meilleurs salutations Robert Short content summary in english: - there are several wm's in debian, they look different and serve different needs - it is possible to install more than one wm and let the user choose - debian can also be installed text-only (eg. for servers) - most probrams odnt require a specific wm, so it mostly a matter of personal preference which one to install - most wm's on the plig.org site are avaialble in debian (CDE isn,t for obvious reasons)
