Dave Babb wrote:
The responses indicate that Debian is a distro to take into any server
room, deploy it, and not loose sleep about something blowing up when you
leave.
Definitely one of the strongest points. But you are missing another
strong point of Debian...
I've already rolled out the
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 09:17:58AM -0600, Dave Babb wrote:
Good Morning,
My current distribution of choice is Arch Linux. Arch is too techie for
my daughter, who wants to admin her own system.
Hi Dave,
welcome to Debian. The last distro you'll ever use. I'd suggest you and
said daughter
Good Morning,
My current distribution of choice is Arch Linux. Arch is too techie for
my daughter, who wants to admin her own system.
I used jigdo to download all 14 CD images for Sarge.
I backed up her /home/* directory to CD and began the install last
night. I'm puzzled.
Default
On Friday 10 Jun 2005 16:17, Dave Babb wrote:
I used jigdo to download all 14 CD images for Sarge.
You didn't need to do that. A single CD would be more than enough for a basic
install, after which apt will download any packages you ask it for. Just
quicker.
Default Kernel still in the 2.4
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 09:17:58AM -0600, Dave Babb wrote:
Good Morning,
My current distribution of choice is Arch Linux. Arch is too techie for my
daughter, who wants to admin her own system.
I used jigdo to download all 14 CD images for Sarge.
That was not necessary. Only the first
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
If you press F2 or F3 (I forget which) at the boot prompt, it will show
you how to get a 2.6 kernel. It is that way because 2.4 is consistently
better across all the architectures that Debian supports (not
necessarily true for i386, but true when you consider how
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 01:30:42PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
If you press F2 or F3 (I forget which) at the boot prompt, it will show
you how to get a 2.6 kernel. It is that way because 2.4 is consistently
better across all the architectures that Debian supports (not
OK..OK.
I get it..
If I'm understanding what all of the responses have said And THANK YOU
by the way
Stability, robustness, testing, testing, more testing, cautious
deployment of new stuff, and keep all of the various architectures in sync.
The responses indicate that Debian
Also..
Re downloading all 14 images
I have been listening to my daughter for something more manageable for her.
I have been watching Debian (after receiving many favorable recommendations)
The day Sarge hit the streets, and I downloaded ALL of the images on
release day #1
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 02:08:52PM -0600, Dave Babb wrote:
OK..OK.
I get it..
If I'm understanding what all of the responses have said And THANK YOU by
the
way
Stability, robustness, testing, testing, more testing, cautious deployment of
new stuff, and keep all of the
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