On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 10:22:55AM -0600, Kevin Monceaux wrote:
I'm teetering on the fence between Arch Linux and Debian Linux. So, I
thought I'd post an intro in hopes that someone will give me a gentle nudge
in the right direction. Forgive me if I ramble a bit.
I've been a Linux user
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 13:16, Kevin Monceaux wrote:
Andrew,
The thing to remember about Debian -- when a release goes Stable then
it doesn't change, except for security fixes. So if you install etch, you
will NEVER see a new version of Hercules other than security patches.
That's
Fellow Debian Enthusiasts,
I'm teetering on the fence between Arch Linux and Debian Linux. So, I
thought I'd post an intro in hopes that someone will give me a gentle nudge
in the right direction. Forgive me if I ramble a bit.
I've been a Linux user for years. I started with Slackware in
On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 10:22:55AM -0600, Kevin Monceaux wrote:
Fellow Debian Enthusiasts,
I'm teetering on the fence between Arch Linux and Debian Linux. So, I
thought I'd post an intro in hopes that someone will give me a gentle nudge
in the right direction. Forgive me if I ramble a bit.
Kevin Monceaux wrote:
Fellow Debian Enthusiasts,
I'm teetering on the fence between Arch Linux and Debian Linux. So, I
thought I'd post an intro in hopes that someone will give me a gentle nudge
in the right direction. Forgive me if I ramble a bit.
I've been a Linux user for years. I
Hugo,
On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 11:09:18AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
One package I use heavily is the Hercules mainframe emulator.
snip
That's the first I heard of it:
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/otherosfs/hercules
What operating system facilities do you use with it?
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On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 10:22:55AM -0600, Kevin Monceaux wrote:
Fellow Debian Enthusiasts,
snip arch-vs-linux-debate
howto-build-a-arch-package
The package is built and a package file is created that can be installed via
the standard package
Andrew,
On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 08:53:59AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
nudge debian.
there you go. ;-)
Thanks, I needed that.
You sound like you are experienced enough that you might think about
running sid, unstable debian. Its does break now and then, but really
keeps up
On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:16:46 -0600
Kevin Monceaux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The thing to remember about Debian -- when a release goes Stable
then it doesn't change, except for security fixes. So if you
install etch, you will NEVER see a new version of Hercules other
than security patches.
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 10:22, Kevin Monceaux wrote:
Fellow Debian Enthusiasts,
I'm teetering on the fence between Arch Linux and Debian Linux. So, I
thought I'd post an intro in hopes that someone will give me a gentle nudge
in the right direction. Forgive me if I ramble a bit.
SNIP
Kevin writes:
Can one switch from one version to another, from Etch to Sid for example,
by simply updating sources.list and running an update/upgrade?
To upgrade to the next version of Debian one edits /etc/apt/sources.list,
runs 'apt-get update', and uses 'apt-get dist-upgrade' (or the
On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 12:16:46PM -0600, Kevin Monceaux wrote:
You sound like you are experienced enough that you might think about
running sid, unstable debian. Its does break now and then, but really
keeps up very well.
That sounds like it might be a good option.
Andrei answered
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 12:16:46PM -0600, Kevin Monceaux wrote:
Can one switch from one
version to another, from Etch to Sid for example, by simply updating
sources.list and running an update/upgrade? I do like the rolling update
feature some distribution, such
Andrei Popescu writes:
It is said there are users that didn't reinstall for more than 10 years.
I'm one of them, though I have upgraded all my hardware.
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Kevin Monceaux wrote:
Hugo,
On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 11:09:18AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
One package I use heavily is the Hercules mainframe emulator.
snip
That's the first I heard of it:
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/otherosfs/hercules
What operating system facilities do you
On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 01:30:27PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
Andrei Popescu writes:
It is said there are users that didn't reinstall for more than 10 years.
I'm one of them, though I have upgraded all my hardware.
I'm not at ten years yet, but I have a server that started out as Woody
One package I use heavily is the Hercules mainframe emulator.
The package
available for Arch Linux was a little outdated but it took me
no time at all
to create a package via ABS with the lastest Hercules
version. The process
basically amounts to:
$ abs -- populates
On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 02:46:00PM -0800, Kevin Ross wrote:
Building your own Debian packages is actually quite easy. See:
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/336
That is part 1, which only discusses setting up the build environment.
Part 2 has the rest:
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