Laptops for Debian GNU/Linux?

2000-12-03 Thread Dexter Graphic
one's strengths and weaknesses are in terms of running my preferred OS: Debian GNU/Linux. Perhaps some of you folks would be willing to share your own laptop preferences? Are there any hardware companies you know of that provide GPL drivers and support open standards? Dexter Graphic

RE: Debian/gnu Linux Install

2000-09-26 Thread Dexter Graphic
with it or download one from the Internet. You may even have a SCSI CD ROM in which case you may need to find a driver for your SCSI card. Either way you will need provide us with more details. It may be easier to just take the computer to a friend or computer repair shop near by. Dexter Graphic

RE: advanced power management and linux?

2000-09-16 Thread Dexter Graphic
imagine your network going down because the radiator was leaking! g Dexter Graphic

RE: advanced power management and linux?

2000-09-15 Thread Dexter Graphic
noises really start to bother me. Dexter Graphic

RE: advanced power management and linux?

2000-09-14 Thread Dexter Graphic
...Looking around the web it looks like there are lots of places in Holland which sell devices for making machines quieter. Here in the wild west it looks like everybody sells the same generic power supply and any attempts to obtain information about quieter ones are typically met with an

RE: helix-gnome for Debian 2.2 ?

2000-09-10 Thread Dexter Graphic
Thanks for helping me understand how the Debian apt-get program can be used instead of the Helix-Gnome updater utility to install the latest version of Gnome from the HelixCode web site. Here is a summary of what I've learned: 1. Login as root. Note: I assume that Gnome and maybe even X should

RE: helix-gnome for Debian 2.2 ?

2000-09-05 Thread Dexter Graphic
apt-get install task-helix-gnome? Does anyone know if the helix-gnome updater will work with Debian 2.2? I have the helix-gnome 1.0 CD and a very slow connection so it would be nice if I could just update the parts of gnome that have changed in version 1.2. My concern is that the updater