Re: [newbie] Upgrading. (Was questions on apt-get). Probably O/T
I tried Debian (potato) about a year ago, and found was horrendous to install. It eventually installed in text mode, but then it took me a week to get it running in X! Even then, I was having all sorts of problems. Definitely not for the newbie or even the semi-newbie, in my opinion. For the average user who wants a Debian type distro, Libranet is excellent. I like Mandrake best of all the distros I have tried, though, with its comparative ease of use and latest packages. As you say, Mandrake's community spirit is excellent. Libranet's is also excellent. Just my thoughts on the matter. Cheers Keith Debian has made big strides since potatoe, and thet do have a gui installer in the works although I am not sure which version it will show up in. I have an experimental gui installer from progeny which was super simple and installed well. It kinda stinks but debian is one of those distros that alto simle once you understand it, it is frustrating to get to know initially. Ease of install Mandrake hands down.. But urpmi cant touch apt-get! Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sound issues
On 29 Nov 2002 13:07:16 -0500 s. Wizard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, sound as in playing something (MP3, or streaming audio (www.di.fm, exmaple)) from xmms or something similar. I would also like to throw in that I haven't been able to find anything decent as far as video players (DiVX, avi, mpeg, mpg, mov, etc?) snip xine works fine for all those video formats Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sound issues
On 30 Nov 2002 14:06:32 -0600 Warren Post [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: El vie, 29-11-2002 a las 10:11, Ralph M. Los escribió: 1. What's a good file manager type application? Nautilus plain sucks. I like XWC: fast and light. It's on your installation disks. mc is good also, lets you connect to local networks and ftp as well Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] questions on apt-get
On Sat, 30 Nov 2002 19:01:16 + Keith Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 30 Nov 2002 1:41 pm, Thought Progress wrote: Hello All, I am hearing a lot about how apt-get is the end all be all of dependency resolution. Can someone tell me.. 1. What is apt-get ? 2. Does it really work (ie is it worth learning about)? and 3. A good source to find out more info on how to get it and install it on my Mandrake 9.0 box. Thanks, TP I like APT very much and think it's an excellent program. I suggest you get it from Texstar's site. This is the Mandrake packaging. You will need: APT APT-DEVEL SYNAPTIC (the graphical front end) If you have to download and install them manually, rather than using the Mandrake software packager, install them in the above order. Then, as root and connected to the Internet, run the command apt-get update It may take up to fifteen minutes for all the headers to be downloaded into /etc/apt. Then, run Synaptic. It's under configuration packaging. You will see a long list of all packages which are available for downloading and installing. Those already installed will have a right pointing arrow by them. You can see installed version numbers and available ones, for deciding what to update or install. Highlight the chosen packages and click on the install tab after each choice. All dependencies will also be automatically selected, and can be checked. Then click on Proceed, and whatever is selected will be downloaded and installed. This is just to get you started. HTH Keith The one really awsome thing about debian and I'm not bashing mandrake at all is their upgrade, update system. Using apt-get you can upgrade your system to a testing version, or unstable version and then back again (although going backwards is risky). You can select packages from stable, testing, or unstable and mix and match all by editing your source.list file something you will not get to experience when using apt with mandrake. Once Debian is installed through apt you really never have to upgrade your system as apt-get will do it for you. I love mandrakes ease of use and its community is by far the friendliest of all the distro's I've tried, but debians maintinance and upgradeability are far supirior to any rpm based system. I hear gentoo is pretty advanced when it comes to updating or upgrading as well. Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts
On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 10:24:41 -0600 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Don't know but I think the main problem was between the keyboard and the scalp. snip -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 At work we call that an ID10T ticket hehe Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
