Re: Back to original topic [Was: [Poll: debian-newcomer list [Was: Re: newbies needing help for graphic login]]

2006-01-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 01:52:10AM -0600, Seth Goodman wrote: From: Andrei Popescu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 8:35 PM ... 4. incorporate the hardware detection of derivative distros (like Knoppix). This would probably be possible only for the i386

Re: Back to original topic [Was: [Poll: debian-newcomer list [Was: Re: newbies needing help for graphic login]]

2006-01-10 Thread Richard Lyons
On Tuesday, 10 January 2006 at 4:35:22 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: [...] It seems pretty clear that subscribers of this list don't want/need/... a debian-newcomer list. Ok, then let's get back to the original topic of this thread: the help help messages won't stop (and we don't want them

Re: Back to original topic [Was: [Poll: debian-newcomer list [Was: Re: newbies needing help for graphic login]]

2006-01-10 Thread David Jardine
On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 04:35:22AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: [...] Ok, then let's get back to the original topic of this thread: the help help messages won't stop (and we don't want them to stop) so what can we do? Installing Linux on ones computer requires a conscious decision;

Re: Back to original topic [Was: [Poll: debian-newcomer list [Was: Re: newbies needing help for graphic login]]

2006-01-10 Thread Richard Lyons
On Tuesday, 10 January 2006 at 14:43:18 +0100, David Jardine wrote: On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 04:35:22AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: [...] Ok, then let's get back to the original topic of this thread: the help help messages won't stop (and we don't want them to stop) so what can we

Re: Back to original topic [Was: [Poll: debian-newcomer list [Was: Re: newbies needing help for graphic login]]

2006-01-10 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 04:35:22 +0200 Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snippity doo-dah 1. Rewriting the welcome message coupled with some scripts to quickly install a GUI (for the ones who missed the option) or get rid of the newbie welcome snippity-ay 3. Have the 'Desktop' task

Re: Back to original topic [Was: [Poll: debian-newcomer list [Was: Re: newbies needing help for graphic login]]

2006-01-10 Thread Michael Martinell
On Tue, January 10, 2006 11:08 am, Richard Lyons wrote: On Tuesday, 10 January 2006 at 14:43:18 +0100, David Jardine wrote: On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 04:35:22AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: [...] Ok, then let's get back to the original topic of this thread: the help help messages won't

Back to original topic [Was: [Poll: debian-newcomer list [Was: Re: newbies needing help for graphic login]]

2006-01-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 12:33:11 +0200 Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 02:30:04 -0600 Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrei Popescu wrote: It has been suggested by several people in this thread to have a 'debian-newcomer' list. Question: Is there real

RE: Back to original topic [Was: [Poll: debian-newcomer list [Was: Re: newbies needing help for graphic login]]

2006-01-09 Thread Seth Goodman
From: Andrei Popescu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 8:35 PM ... 4. incorporate the hardware detection of derivative distros (like Knoppix). This would probably be possible only for the i386 branch (maybe also ia64/amd64?), but this branch is also the one that will