Re: Official Debian admin groups (dialout, audio, etc)

2010-11-24 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:07:04 +0800, Jason Heeris wrote: Is there a definitive list somewhere of the out-of-the-box admin groups for Debian? As in, dialout for access to serial ports, ?? for access to external storage, etc? (...) 12.1.12 Operating system users and groups 12.1.12.1 Are all

Re: Official Debian admin groups (dialout, audio, etc)

2010-11-24 Thread Johan Grönqvist
Is there a definitive list somewhere of the out-of-the-box admin groups for Debian? As in, dialout for access to serial ports, ?? for access to external storage, etc? I interpret the debian policy (http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s9.2.2) such that the groups you refer

Re: official debian cds

2002-10-09 Thread jeff
Bruce Park wrote: Hello, Can anyone tell me which cds I should download if I want to install gnome with workstation like environment? I know that there are seven cds including the non-us but I've read that you really don't need to download more the third cd. bp *I notice all the CDs

RE: Official Debian

2001-01-03 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
O'Reilly has a Debian book, I seem to recall it having a 2.1 cd in the jacket.

Re: Official Debian

2001-01-03 Thread Jon Pennington
Holp, John Mr. wrote: Does anyone know where I can purchase this book? I cannot find it today with any of the on-line book sellers. Don't get a book with Debian 2.0. 2.2 is the latest stable, and is at least 18 months newer than 2.0 (this is a conservitave guess). What I

Re: Official Debian

2001-01-03 Thread Christopher W. Aiken
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Holp, John Mr. wrote: -|Debian Warriors, -| -| Some time back I found a book listing titledOfficial Debian -|GNU/LInux 2.0 -| Linux 3 CD-ROM with -|new manual -| -| Does anyone know where I can purchase this

Re: Official Debian

2001-01-03 Thread Xucaen
Hi. the latest stable release of Debian is 2.2r2 I ordered my CD's for $10.00 from https://www.justwebit.com/cgi-bin/e/eshopdb.cgi?9713 They download all the latest images from most of the major linux distros and burn their own CD's. the CD's are bootable. good hunting! xucaen --- Holp, John

Re: Official Debian

2001-01-03 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 08:45:42AM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: O'Reilly has a Debian book, I seem to recall it having a 2.1 cd in the jacket. It's not a great book, and it's not 2.1. It's a hybrid from VA Linux systems. I had endless networking problems with the kernel on that CD.

Re: Official Debian

2001-01-03 Thread Ray Percival
This is the only O'Reilly book I regret having bought but the full text is online and has helped me a couple of times. All in all though a copy of Running Linux and a 2.2r2 cd would be the ideal solution. -- Original Message -- From: Michael P. Soulier

Re: Official Debian

2001-01-03 Thread D-Man
Potato is the current stable (version is 2.2r2) but a large number of packages are out of date. Woody is 'testing' now (not unstable any more) so I expect that it is now quite reasonable and will be 'stable' soon. If you don't need to install right away, I would recommend waiting a while and

Re: Official Debian

2001-01-03 Thread Ray Percival
Me again, try www.cheapbytes.com for the cds they also have a book pack at the moment. Also for sure check out the online version of the O'Reilly Debian book but spend your money on Running Linux. -- Original Message -- From: Holp, John Mr. [EMAIL

Re: Official Debian

2001-01-03 Thread Ray Percival
It would be quite a wait for Woody as they are now talking about it going frozen about May and then several months after that before it goes stable. -- Original Message -- From: D-Man [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 14:26:12 -0500 Potato is the

Re: Official Debian

2001-01-03 Thread kmself
on Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 08:45:42AM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: O'Reilly has a Debian book, I seem to recall it having a 2.1 cd in the jacket. Poor quality, dated, and a nonstandard distro. You can read what there is worth reading from it at O'Reilly's website. Going

Re: Official Debian

2001-01-03 Thread Larry Shields
Hello John, I have the same book Debian GNU/Linux 2.1, but never used the CD that came with it... I ordered a CD from http://www.Libranet.com, it comes with a full year of Support Help, not any other vendor I know does this... I will say this though, there CD was a snap to Install Debian, so

RE: Official Debian

2001-01-03 Thread John Galt
It was slink--it was part of the VA/SGI/ORA boxed set... On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: O'Reilly has a Debian book, I seem to recall it having a 2.1 cd in the jacket. -- Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn. email [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Official Debian

1999-02-22 Thread Joey Hess
Allen Wong wrote: If I find a piece of software useful, I buy it. With this small gesture, I hope to support and encourage those developers to continue their work. Does anyone know where I can buy an official Debian Linux package? I know LSL sells an official Debian CD, but the price is

Re: Official Debian

1999-02-22 Thread Mark Wagnon
Allen Wong wrote: If I find a piece of software useful, I buy it. With this small gesture, I hope to support and encourage those developers to continue their work. Does anyone know where I can buy an official Debian Linux package? I know LSL sells an official Debian CD, but the price is

Re: Official Debian

1999-02-22 Thread Tyson Dowd
On 21-Feb-1999, Allen Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I find a piece of software useful, I buy it. With this small gesture, I hope to support and encourage those developers to continue their work. Does anyone know where I can buy an official Debian Linux package? I know LSL sells an

Re: Official Debian 2.0 from LSL?

1998-08-09 Thread Johann Spies
On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Johann Spies wrote: I have ordered the Official Debian 2.0 from LSL after Debian 2.0 became official. At the same time I ordered the Non-Free and Contrib CD's. I received the parcel in South Africa without the official Debian 2.0. It was invoiced, however and I had to

Re: Official Debian 1.3 CD-ROM/Release Methodology

1997-06-28 Thread Will Lowe
On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote: Friends, Is there yet an Official 1.3 CD-ROM available from anywhere? Talk Paul Wade of Greenbush on this list. He very generously donated a pair of 1.3 cds to our project here. I also saw a release of the official Debian 2CD masters on

Re: Official Debian 1.3 CD-ROM/Release Methodology

1997-06-28 Thread Paul Wade
On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote: Friends, Is there yet an Official 1.3 CD-ROM available from anywhere? Talk Paul Wade of Greenbush on this list. He very generously donated a pair of 1.3 cds to our project here. The website is lagging. I dropped prices and am busy doing a

Re: Official Debian 1.3 CD-ROM/Release Methodology

1997-06-28 Thread Rick Hawkins
Friends, Is there yet an Official 1.3 CD-ROM available from anywhere? Talk Paul Wade of Greenbush on this list. He very generously donated a pair of 1.3 cds to our project here. the Timestamp is Thu Jun 19 15:57:01 UTC 1997 Is it bootable? The binary/install CD is bootable on

Re: Official Debian 1.3 CD-ROM/Release Methodology

1997-06-28 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: So, what changes am I suggesting for the Release Methodology? Well, it would be presumptuous of me to suggest changes when I don't know what is currently in place. I would suggest that a few basic procedures be followed though. When a change to a