Re: Stupid question (was Re: Repost of some earlier described challenges)
Mike McCarty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't like it, but I also don't like reloading. :-) Ah, ya puss! Burn a backup CD and do it. Think of all those doors opening up for you. You can try anything! =[8]-) -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - -http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.htmlPlease, don't Cc: me. -- 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]
Re: Stupid question (was Re: Repost of some earlier described challenges)
Mike McCarty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't like it, but I also don't like reloading. :-) Ah, ya puss! Burn a backup CD and do it. Think of all those doors opening up for you. You can try anything! =[8]-) -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - -http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.htmlPlease, don't Cc: me. -- 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] . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Stupid question (was Re: Repost of some earlier described challenges)
On Wed, 2007.09.26 12:52, Mike McCarty wrote: Fedora I would not recommend to anyone not interested in eternally fiddling with the machine, broken interfaces, and churn. It's for people whose hobbies include fiddling with new installs and reloading. I'm not into that, either, for these large machines. When I finally upgrade to another release, it won't be FC. The reason _I_ installed FC was that I got an employment contract, and was requested to build up a machine which could dual boot WinXP and FC for test on multiple platforms. Due to inertia and general laziness, I have not moved from FC2, which in FC terms is REALLY ANCIENT. I don't like it, but I also don't like reloading. :-) I started using Linux with FC2 (or FC3 maybe) and was just thrilled with it (with Linux, really). Then I got annoyed with FC's bleeding edge software and also decided that I shouldn't have to reinstall every 6 months in order to stay current. That's when I started using Debian (and was thrilled all over again). Now reinstalling is unnecessary and I can get as close to the bleeding edge as I want by using whichever distribution (stable, testing, or unstable). signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Stupid question (was Re: Repost of some earlier described challenges)
On 9/27/07, Owen Heisler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I started using Linux with FC2 (or FC3 maybe) and was just thrilled with it (with Linux, really). Then I got annoyed with FC's bleeding edge software and also decided that I shouldn't have to reinstall every 6 months in order to stay current. That's when I started using Debian (and was thrilled all over again). Now reinstalling is unnecessary and I can get as close to the bleeding edge as I want by using whichever distribution (stable, testing, or unstable). I left Red Hat (pre-Fedora) because with each release they decided I needed fewer and fewer of the programs I relied on, like my window manager, or xlock. With Debian, I have hardly any locally compiled packages. With very few exceptions, it's all just *there*. -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh http://mamarsh.blogspot.com http://36pints.blogspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stupid question (was Re: Repost of some earlier described challenges)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/26/07 11:58, Mike McCarty wrote: Wayne Topa wrote: Mike McCarty([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Ok, so how does one get a newer kernel, install it, and get all the memory available? That question indicates, to me at least, that you don't know as much about Debian as I thought you did. That's not your fault, I 'assumed' to much. My answers, as well as others I think, assumed you knew more than you do so were not as helpful as they might have been. Yes, I do recall that you run FC but I didn't realize it had become a turn-key distro. I haven't run RH since '92. I know how to do the necessary admin with FC. Debian I'm much less capable with. I wouldn't call FC turnkey. But it uses a completely different set of admin tools. Why did you push Debian on her, when your expertise lies in FC? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG+paRS9HxQb37XmcRAj1pAKCrblyOsSCQK+YTAsGUblbpJzTz5gCguauo mJdFcjeQCPCwhmUK9WRpbc8= =Ehyj -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Stupid question (was Re: Repost of some earlier described challenges)
Ron Johnson wrote:
I know how to do the necessary admin with FC. Debian I'm much less
capable with. I wouldn't call FC turnkey. But it uses a completely
different set of admin tools.
Why did you push Debian on her, when your expertise lies in FC?
Push is a four letter word :-)
I got her a bunch of LiveCDs, and she ran them. Of them all
she liked Knoppix and Kanotix the best. Since they are both
based on Debian, that is what I suggested. One of the things
she liked best was that both of them did an excellent job
of recognizing and setting up hardware with little interaction
with the user.
Fedora I would not recommend to anyone not interested in
eternally fiddling with the machine, broken interfaces,
and churn. It's for people whose hobbies include fiddling
with new installs and reloading.
I'm not into that, either, for these large machines.
When I finally upgrade to another release, it won't be
FC.
The reason _I_ installed FC was that I got an employment
contract, and was requested to build up a machine which
could dual boot WinXP and FC for test on multiple platforms.
Due to inertia and general laziness, I have not moved from
FC2, which in FC terms is REALLY ANCIENT.
I don't like it, but I also don't like reloading. :-)
And, I don't consider myself expert at FC admin, either.
Mike
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Re: Stupid question (was Re: Repost of some earlier described challenges)
Mike McCarty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't like it, but I also don't like reloading. :-) Ah, ya puss! Burn a backup CD and do it. Think of all those doors opening up for you. You can try anything! =[8]-) -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - -http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.htmlPlease, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
