Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Francis Pineda
Greetings Debian Community! I am currently a computer networking student researching different flavours of Unix/Linux. From the advice of my instructor, I have shosen to research Debian. He says it's, "Really Cool" I find it very appealing and hope to install it as soon as my system is set

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Isabelle Hurbain
On Tuesday 19 February 2002 07:29, Francis Pineda wrote: Greetings Debian Community! I am currently a computer networking student researching different flavours of Unix/Linux. From the advice of my instructor, I have shosen to research Debian. He says it's, Really Cool I find it very

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 00:29, Francis Pineda wrote: Greetings Debian Community! Greetings! 1. What is the user base targeted? Is it simply geared towards the home-user looking for a free OS? Or is it geared more towards the power-user? Supposedly it's the home user, but considering the

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:29:44 -0700 Francis Pineda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. What is the user base targeted? Is it simply geared towards the home-user looking for a free OS? Or is it geared more towards the power-user? From professionals to professionals, I don't think Debian is

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Gary Turner
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:29:44 -0700, Francis Pineda wrote: Greetings Debian Community! I am currently a computer networking student researching different flavours of Unix/Linux. From the advice of my instructor, I have shosen to research Debian. He says it's, Really Cool I find it very

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Oki DZ
Greetings Debian Community! I am currently a computer networking student researching different flavours of Unix/Linux. From the advice of my instructor, I have shosen to research Debian. He says it's, "Really Cool" I find it very appealing and hope to install it as soon as my

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread ben
On Monday 18 February 2002 10:29 pm, Francis Pineda wrote: Greetings Debian Community! I am currently a computer networking student researching different flavours of Unix/Linux. From the advice of my instructor, I have shosen to research Debian. He says it's, Really Cool I find it very

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Michel Loos
Em Ter, 2002-02-19 às 04:11, Gustavo Noronha Silva escreveu: On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:29:44 -0700 Francis Pineda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. What is the user base targeted? Is it simply geared towards the home-user looking for a free OS? Or is it geared more towards the power-user?

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Francis Pineda wrote: (It's recommended you turn your line wraps on to 72 columns for the comfort of the people reading your messages) I am currently a computer networking student researching different flavours of Unix/Linux. From the advice of my instructor, I have

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 04:26:29AM -0800, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Francis Pineda wrote: 2. Where is Debian located? I understand there are over 800 distrubuters nationwide that communicate via e-mail and message boards. But is there a specific home to debian? I