On Friday 12 November 2004 4:45 pm, Brian Nelson wrote:
> Debian isn't a true democracy. We elect our leader, and thereafter
> the leader acts under his own accord.
For what its worth, monasteries in medieval England used to be ran that way;
the monks would elect an abbot who then would have abso
Juha Siltala wrote:
On 2004-11-12, Emil Perhinschi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I guess Debian is the best if you just want to start doing non-geekish
stuff like reading mail, writing term papers/articles/poetry/... ,
listening music, watching movies or writing your own apps ...
Sorry but
On 2004-11-12, Emil Perhinschi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I guess Debian is the best if you just want to start doing non-geekish
> stuff like reading mail, writing term papers/articles/poetry/... ,
> listening music, watching movies or writing your own apps ...
That's it. You get a working sys
hi ya tim
yup.. i agree most everything .. including the differences
On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Tim Kelley wrote:
> On Friday 12 November 2004 22:24, Alvin Oga wrote:
>
> > people can and will jump ship for any number of reasons ...
>
> Strength in numbers, etc. If enough debian developers "jumped
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 22:45:25 +, Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 08:53:58PM -0600, Tim Kelley wrote:
> > On Friday 12 November 2004 02:11, ken keanon wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > There are so many distros out there its confusing. Any reason(s) why
> > > Debian
On 13 Nov 2004, Robert Parker wrote:
> On Saturday 13 November 2004 00:35, Emil Perhinschi wrote:
> >
> >
> > I guess Debian is the best if you just want to start doing non-geekish
> > stuff like reading mail, writing term papers/articles/poetry/... ,
> > listening music, watching movies or writing
On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 08:53:58PM -0600, Tim Kelley wrote:
> On Friday 12 November 2004 02:11, ken keanon wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > There are so many distros out there its confusing. Any reason(s) why Debian
> > should be the preferred choice?
> >
> > Any statistics from any source(s) to proof the po
Ken,
I've used Icepack, my personal favorite, unfortunately the distro is
extremely dormant :(. I liked it because it was simple, and technically
my first real linux distro experience!
I've used Mandrake, for 10 minutes. Then I decided I didn't like it and
moved onto . . .
Debian-woody, then De
On Friday 12 November 2004 22:24, Alvin Oga wrote:
thanks for your response
> > Well, first, some very general things:
>
> just some comments ...
>
> > 1. Debian is not a commercial organization, but a protected non-profit.
> > This means they cannot be bought out.
>
> people can and will
On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 08:24:14PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote:
> http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=independence
> - lots of derivatives of debian ... good or bad ??
It was explained to me years ago that Debian was created (in part) to be a
basis for other distributions.
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hi ya
just atarted to read the thread ... interesting ..
hey tim.. good summary ... but ... :-)
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004, Tim Kelley wrote:
> > Any statistics from any source(s) to proof the popularity of Debian?
#
# if you believe their numbers; some statistics of "popularity" vs
# "downloads" v
On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 04:45:17PM +0700, Eddy Jacob wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:33:54 +0100, Andrea Vettorello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > http://beta.search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=best+operating+system
> >
> > and for sure i trust them... =)
> >
> >
> > Andrea
> >
>
> Surprise Wind
On Friday 12 November 2004 02:11, ken keanon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There are so many distros out there its confusing. Any reason(s) why Debian
> should be the preferred choice?
>
> Any statistics from any source(s) to proof the popularity of Debian?
>
> I'm in the dark waiting to be enlightened.
Well,
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:41:35 -0500, Rob Bochan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Friday 12 November 2004 03:11 am, ken keanon wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> There are so many distros out there its confusing. Any reason(s)
>> why Debian should be the preferred choice?
snip>
> This is a great essay written p
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 07:59:32 -0600
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>ken keanon wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> There are so many distros out there its confusing. Any reason(s) why
>> Debian should be the preferred choice?
I'm disappointed that everyone has missed the main reason to choose
Debian o
On Friday 12 November 2004 03:11 am, ken keanon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There are so many distros out there its confusing. Any reason(s) why Debian
> should be the preferred choice?
This is a great essay written precisely about that subject. Have a look:
http://people.debian.org/~srivasta/talks/why_debi
On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 09:01 -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 14:48 +, Jon Dowland wrote:
> > On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:35:41 +0200, Emil Perhinschi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I don't like Debian very much :)
> >
> > You don't seem to explain why, though.
>
>
On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 16:52 +0200, Emil Perhinschi wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 08:08:36 -0600
> Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > I don't like Debian very much :). I started to understand Linux
> > > when I used Slackware back in 1999, and I still daydream of
> > > installing it bac
--- ken keanon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There are so many distros out there its confusing.
> Any reason(s) why Debian should be the preferred
> choice?
>
> Any statistics from any source(s) to proof the
> popularity of Debian?
>
> I'm in the dark waiting to be enlightened.
>
>
On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 14:48 +, Jon Dowland wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:35:41 +0200, Emil Perhinschi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I don't like Debian very much :)
>
> You don't seem to explain why, though.
I actually think he explained it extremely well. He uses Debian because
it just
On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 16:52 +0200, Emil Perhinschi wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 08:08:36 -0600
> Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > I don't like Debian very much :). I started to understand Linux
> > > when I used Slackware back in 1999, and I still daydream of
> > > installing it bac
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:35:41 +0200, Emil Perhinschi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't like Debian very much :)
You don't seem to explain why, though.
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On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 08:08:36 -0600
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I don't like Debian very much :). I started to understand Linux
> > when I used Slackware back in 1999, and I still daydream of
> > installing it back
> [snip]
> > I guess I won't switch to other distribution any time
On Sat, 2004-11-13 at 01:03 +1100, Robert Parker wrote:
> On Saturday 13 November 2004 00:35, Emil Perhinschi wrote:
[snip]
>
> I'd disagree with the above. Fedora for one thing has had it's libaries
> 'enhanced' to stop you compiling apps that might allow you to do stuff that
> the MPAA / RIAA
On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 15:35 +0200, Emil Perhinschi wrote:
> If this message was posted on a mixed-distro list it would be a call for
> a huge flame war :)
>
> Well, I don't want to start a flame war, so please, take my statements
> cum grano salis and, please, do not get angry :)
>
> I don't like
On Saturday 13 November 2004 00:35, Emil Perhinschi wrote:
>
>
> I guess Debian is the best if you just want to start doing non-geekish
> stuff like reading mail, writing term papers/articles/poetry/... ,
> listening music, watching movies or writing your own apps ...
>
> If you need a distro to co
ken keanon wrote:
Hi,
There are so many distros out there its confusing. Any reason(s) why
Debian should be the preferred choice?
For me, it's because Debian is philosophically pure. It's "Free" (as
well as free). I don't have to worry about licensing issues; if I want
to install a piece of
ken keanon wrote:
Hi,
There are so many distros out there its confusing. Any reason(s) why
Debian should be the preferred choice?
Any statistics from any source(s) to proof the popularity of Debian?
I'm in the dark waiting to be enlightened.
Cheers
Ken
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If this message was posted on a mixed-distro list it would be a call for
a huge flame war :)
Well, I don't want to start a flame war, so please, take my statements
cum grano salis and, please, do not get angry :)
I don't like Debian very much :). I started to understand Linux when I
used Slackwa
As you probably know, there are quite a few distros based on Debian. I'm
actually using Kanotix myself. The great part is that all these
Debian-based distros can (for the most part) make use of the vast
archive of Debian packages that you can install with apt-get. With
something like 15,000 package
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:45:17 +0700, Eddy Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:33:54 +0100, Andrea Vettorello
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > http://beta.search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=best+operating+system
> >
> > and for sure i trust them... =)
> >
> >
> > Andrea
> >
>
--- ken keanon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There are so many distros out there its confusing.
> Any reason(s) why Debian should be the preferred
> choice?
I switched after many happy years of using SuSE (which
is a great distro to get started with). Debian has a
package and dependency
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:33:54 +0100, Andrea Vettorello
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> http://beta.search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=best+operating+system
>
> and for sure i trust them... =)
>
>
> Andrea
>
Surprise Windows is not the first one on the results :) tried same
query on google, show tot
Well it very depends, if you want a very 'windows' like operating
system, probably you want a linux like xandros. but if you want a
linux to play with, debian is a good choice. My first attempt on linux
was few years back with red hat, suse, and just this year, I've
beginning to play debian, and I
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:11:27 -0800 (PST), ken keanon
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> There are so many distros out there its confusing. Any reason(s) why Debian
> should be the preferred choice?
>
> Any statistics from any source(s) to proof the popularity of Debian?
>
> I'm in
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:11:27 -0800 (PST), ken keanon
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> There are so many distros out there its confusing. Any reason(s) why Debian
> should be the preferred choice?
>
> Any statistics from any source(s) to proof the popularity of Debian?
>
> I'm in
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 07:57:45PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 05:31:54PM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote:
> > Unfortunately this doesn't seem to work:(
> > The otherday I tried to unsubscribe from debian-ipv6 to find out that
> > I subscribed under a different name, so I trie
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 05:31:54PM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote:
> Unfortunately this doesn't seem to work:(
> The otherday I tried to unsubscribe from debian-ipv6 to find out that
> I subscribed under a different name, so I tried to unsubscribe with
> that other name filled in, I got a conformatio
On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 11:41:49PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
...
> > Your problem is that, since you have changed your server, your
> > unsubscribe message is coming from the wrong address. You will have to
> > be removed manually.
>
> If that is true then you should be able to go to this page an
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 20:23:18 -0800
From: Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 08:52:20PM -0700, Greg Ray wrote:
>> Actually I like debian but I hate this list, I used to post about 7 months
> ago but then I had to sell my server. I have been trying to get off this
>> list s
> On Sun, 2002-08-11 at 04:52, Greg Ray wrote:
> > Actually I like debian but I hate this list, I used to post about 7 months
> > ago but then I had to sell my server. I have been trying to get off this
> > list since then but it seems it is ran by a monkey or a guy who could'nt
> > give a rats ass
On Sun, 2002-08-11 at 04:52, Greg Ray wrote:
> Actually I like debian but I hate this list, I used to post about 7 months
> ago but then I had to sell my server. I have been trying to get off this
> list since then but it seems it is ran by a monkey or a guy who could'nt
> give a rats ass. Now I am
On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 08:52:20PM -0700, Greg Ray wrote:
> Actually I like debian but I hate this list, I used to post about 7 months
> ago but then I had to sell my server. I have been trying to get off this
> list since then but it seems it is ran by a monkey or a guy who could'nt
> give a rats
Thank you dumbass, i think I allready tried that.
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From: "Tom Allison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 2:37 AM
Subject: Re: Why debian sucks.
> Edward Guldemond wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 08:12:44PM +, A
Edward Guldemond wrote:
On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 08:12:44PM +, Angles Puglisi wrote:
Join a RedHat users list and you'll find the same percentage of RH users thinks RH
sucks. People like to bitch.
Please do not feed the trolls.
Thanks,
Here's a kicker.
Google around for this dude an
Your welcome
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Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 3:14 PM
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> Edward Guldemond said on 26 October 2002 6:32 AM
>
>
Edward Guldemond said on 26 October 2002 6:32 AM
>On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 08:12:44PM +, Angles Puglisi wrote:
> Join a RedHat users list and you'll find the same percentage of RH users
thinks RH
> sucks. People like to bitch.
>
>Please do not feed the trolls.
That's the best laugh i've h
Greg Ray was roused into action on 2002-08-09 15:58 and wrote:
Because its not redhat.
Is this some kind of sophisticated Outlook Virus? It looks like it plays
with the system clock too...
You poor Windows-afflicted user - you have our sympathies.
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4th Year Economics Student
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On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 08:12:44PM +, Angles Puglisi wrote:
> Join a RedHat users list and you'll find the same percentage of RH users thinks RH
> sucks. People like to bitch.
>
Please do not feed the trolls.
Thanks,
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Key fin
On 09/08/02 Greg Ray did speaketh:
> Because its not redhat.
He mails from "Microsoft Outlook Express". Quite the Linux afficionado,
are we loser?
Another one for my kill file.
Mike
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On Fri, 09 Aug 2002 12:58:12 -0700
"Greg Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Because its not redhat.
>
If you'd say because it is green - ok you're right!
But redhat - plleeaaase!
Have another beer.
Prost,
Klaus
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>
>Because its not redhat.
>
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On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote:
> why is "It's a completely free distribution run by volunteers" on both? =)
Because let's be honest, volunteers can drop the ball if they get in over
their head or their real life job or screaming baby etc. get in the way.
And not having money mea
"Gustavo" == Gustavo Noronha Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Gustavo> On 01 Mar 2002 11:10:11 -0600
Gustavo> Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Why Debian?
>>
>> - It's a completely free distribution run by volunteers
>>
>> Why not Debian?
>>
On 01 Mar 2002 11:10:11 -0600
Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why Debian?
>
> - It's very easy to upgrade and maintain your system
> - It has a wide variety of packages to use
> - It's a completely free distribution run by volunteers
>
> Why not Debian?
>
> - Lon
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 08:38:58AM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * Johan van der Walt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020301 00:06]:
> > I am a physicist in the School of Physics of the Potchefstroom
> > University in South Africa and is one of a few people on campus
> > using Linux. Have been using Linux now
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 09:20:50AM +0200, Johan van der Walt wrote:
> My question then is: what makes Debian GNU/Linux different so that I
> should use it rather than any of the other distributions? Is Linux not
> just Linux? From a scientific point of view I use IRAF and that comes
> with Debian w
1. Its free
2. Apt
On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 10:40, Kent West wrote:
> Johan van der Walt wrote:
>
>
>
> > At present I have an older version of RedHat running on my pc.
>
>
>
> > Basically I feel that I have to pick one from the following
> > four: Debian, SuSe, RedHat and Slackware.
>
>
>
http://bugzilla.ximian.com/
Marcin Kurc
CAD Systems Administrator
Cooper-Standard Automotive
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Subject: Why Debian (
Johan van der Walt([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
> I am a physicist in the School of Physics of the Potchefstroom
> University in South Africa and is one of a few people on campus
> using Linux. Have been using Linux now for a couple of years. I am not
> a Linux guru and learn about
"Johan" == Johan van der Walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Johan> My question then is: what makes Debian GNU/Linux different
Johan> so that I should use it rather than any of the other
Johan> distributions? Is Linux not just Linux? From a scientific
Johan> point of view I use IR
* Johan van der Walt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020301 00:06]:
> I am a physicist in the School of Physics of the Potchefstroom
> University in South Africa and is one of a few people on campus
> using Linux. Have been using Linux now for a couple of years. I am not
> a Linux guru and learn about the sys
Johan van der Walt wrote:
At present I have an older version of RedHat running on my pc.
> Basically I feel that I have to pick one from the following
four: Debian, SuSe, RedHat and Slackware.
My question then is: what makes Debian GNU/Linux different so that I
should use it rather t
You come to this point at an interesting time. Right now the 'stable'
branch (reference your "most stable" comment) is quite dated -- but it
is *old* and IMO not really suitable for a desktop system; but many
people like it for server use because of it's stability. That said,
stable will get a fa
> On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 09:20:50AM +0200, Johan van der Walt wrote:
> [snip]
> > My question then is: what makes Debian GNU/Linux different so that I
> > should use it rather than any of the other distributions? Is Linux not
> > just Linux? From a scientific point of view I use IRAF and that come
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 09:20:50AM +0200, Johan van der Walt wrote:
[snip]
> My question then is: what makes Debian GNU/Linux different so that I
> should use it rather than any of the other distributions? Is Linux not
> just Linux? From a scientific point of view I use IRAF and that comes
> with D
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> hi-
>
> did you get any responses to your question?
>
>
> yup, me too.
>
>
> i do something similar -- though i put:
>
> kimage := zImage
>
> in /etc/kernel-pkg.conf (though i have to remember to do this for each
> installation).
>
Thank you sen. Yours is the
hi-
did you get any responses to your question?
At around Wed, 12 Aug 1998 05:42:30 +0200,
"Robert J. Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> may have mentioned:
> Every time I pick up a new Debian drop from scratch (ie use the install
> disks), I have to find the special "tecra" disks since on all p
On Wed, Apr 15, 1998 at 02:49:31PM -0700, King Lee wrote:
> While Debian does have more packages, it also seems to stricter, in
> terms of including packages into their core distribution, than
> Red Hat. There were several important (IMHO) packages
> available on Red Hat cdroms that were not a
On Wed, Apr 15, 1998 at 11:33:25AM +, Ian Stuart wrote:
> RedHat is easier to install initially (it's only 2 floppies as opposed
> to Debians 6+), however the updating system in debian (dselect) is _far_
> superior..
Fortunately both distributions have much better ways of installing
these days
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Brian Mays wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Maarten Bezemer) wrote:
>
> > Someone told me there are far more rpm-packages available, and other
> > distributions also use rpm. What's true about that?
>
> The core set of RPM packages, what RedHat produces, is much smaller
> than
On 15 Apr 98 11:54:27 GMT, in linux.debian.user Maarten Bezemer wrote:
>Someone told me there are far more rpm-packages available, and other
>distributions also use rpm. What's true about that?
Whether it's true or not, Debian can install rpm packages! Use the
"alien" package to convert them to
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Isabelle Dauthieu wrote:
>
> In my humble opinion, there is no great difference between installing a
> debian or a red hat distribution, but upgrading a debian one is far
> easier. Moreover a debian installation is able to install redhat packages,
> the reverse is false.
No,
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Ian Stuart wrote:
> Isabelle Dauthieu wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Ian Stuart wrote:
> >
> > > > where to ask this question to Red Hat users. Maybe someone can tell me
> > > > what distribution is better?
> > > >From my own experience (a portable using a PCMCIA networ
>As we all know, public profiles & reality often differ...
>RedHat is easier to install initially (it's only 2 floppies as opposed
>to Debians 6+), however the updating system in debian (dselect) is _far_
>superior..
speaking of profiles & reality differing :)
You're off by 6 :)
Either boot fro
Ian Stuart wrote (Wed, 15 Apr 1998 15:14:33 + ):
|>> On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Ian Stuart wrote:
|>> >
|>> > RedHat is easier to install initially (it's only 2 floppies as opposed
|>> > to Debians 6+), however the updating system in debian (dselect) is _far_
|>> > superior..
|>>
|>I feel I must cla
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Maarten Bezemer) wrote:
> Someone told me there are far more rpm-packages available, and other
> distributions also use rpm. What's true about that?
The core set of RPM packages, what RedHat produces, is much smaller
than Debian's main distribution. While some other companies
Isabelle Dauthieu wrote:
>
> On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Ian Stuart wrote:
>
> > > where to ask this question to Red Hat users. Maybe someone can tell me
> > > what distribution is better?
> > >From my own experience (a portable using a PCMCIA network adapter),
> >
> > RedHat is easier to install initia
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Ian Stuart wrote:
> Chris de Weth wrote:
> > I was just wondering if anyone can tell me why so much people use Red
> > Hat linux?
> As a newbie to this arena, my impression is that RedHat has a better
> public profile.
>
> As we all know, public profiles & reality often di
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Maarten Bezemer wrote:
> I installed Debian 1.3.1 even without any floppy (one actually, the boot
> disk created after the install to boot the new system)
> Just booted from CD and all went quite easy. If your system didn't support
> IDE/ATAPI-CDROM boot, you only need the fir
Hi,
> combination in between. It has a good package system and does not seem to
> have
> as many bugs as redhat. Although I could be wrong since red hat has a lot of
> patches. Try them yourself and get a feel for it.
This could be interpreted several ways. Either RedHat is quicker at
gettin
> There is no "better" distribution. It is a matter of taste and style.
>I like slackware, but it has no package system. :) I find Debian to be a nice
>combination in between. It has a good package system and does not seem to have
>as many bugs as redhat. Although I could be wrong since
There is no "better" distribution. It is a matter of taste and style.
I like slackware, but it has no package system. :) I find Debian to be a nice
combination in between. It has a good package system and does not seem to have
as many bugs as redhat. Although I could be wrong since red
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Ian Stuart wrote:
> > I was just wondering if anyone can tell me why so much people use Red
> > Hat linux?
> As a newbie to this arena, my impression is that RedHat has a better
> public profile.
>
> As we all know, public profiles & reality often differ...
>
[snip]
> Red
Chris de Weth wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I was just wondering if anyone can tell me why so much people use Red
> Hat linux?
As a newbie to this arena, my impression is that RedHat has a better
public profile.
As we all know, public profiles & reality often differ...
> I'm thinking of going to use Linu
> On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Gonzalo A Diethelm said:
Gonzalo> [...]I very much like the idea of contributing to the free
Gonzalo> software idea, but I'd also like to get a functional,
Gonzalo> feature-loaded and maintainable system;[...]
The package maintenance software has an unusual interfa
On Aug 07, George Bonser wrote:
>
> I will say this to ANYONE. Debian is the very BEST linux distribution
> once you get to know it. I would not use any other. The two things that
> is needs polish on are the package management interface (being worked on)
> and a nice default X setup with some
Torsten Hilbrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> [...]
> Yes!! I heard that the a.out->ELF update worked well in Debian system
> (no own experience, I started using Debian with 1.2).
>
Indeed. At my previous job, I upgraded a HTTP proxy server from a.out
to ELF format with only 2 minutes downt
"Gonzalo A. Diethelm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello all,
>
> I know this will prove I'm a newbie, but here it is anyway...
Everyone starts as newbie.
> Why should I get Debian rather than other Linux distributions? I
> very much like the idea of contributing to the free software idea,
> b
Hi,
I know I am biased about this, but I'll venture forth anyway.
You mention you want a machine that is
a) functional
This is a functional, working machine I am writing from. I am a
consultant, and this machine *has* to be live almost on a 7x24
basis, my bread-and
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On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Gonzalo A. Diethelm wrote:
> Hello all,
'lo :).
> also like to get a functional, feature-loaded and maintainable system;
> in particular, I'd like good migration paths for major changes in the
> Linux architecture as a whole (libc to glibc,
On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Gonzalo A. Diethelm wrote:
> Why should I get Debian rather than other Linux distributions? I very
> much like the idea of contributing to the free software idea, but I'd
> also like to get a functional, feature-loaded and maintainable system;
> in particular, I'd like good mig
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