On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 01:58:45AM -0600, Noah Duffy wrote:
>
> Sam, I went with Stable. I picked it mostly because I'm newer to Debian
> specifically. I also like the idea of not having to think about
> upgrading to a new release every 6 months. If I feel I need the latest
> and greatest of so
On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 11:38 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 February 2011 11:18:47 Sam Leon wrote:
> > I honestly don't know how in the world my sound even works. I don't have
> > pulseaudio or jack or any other daemons installed:
>
> ALSA is sufficient in many desktop situa
On Wednesday 16 February 2011 11:18:47 Sam Leon wrote:
> I honestly don't know how in the world my sound even works. I don't have
> pulseaudio or jack or any other daemons installed:
ALSA is sufficient in many desktop situations. PulsaAudio has some nice stuff
for sound over a network. Jack is
On 02/16/2011 01:58 AM, Noah Duffy wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-02-15 at 23:55 -0600, Sam Leon wrote:
>>
>> I think it just depends on what you are wanting to accomplish. I
left MS
>> because their OS just tries too hard to do everything for me (and tries
>> too hard to take my money). I left ubuntu be
; that they will go to some cockamamie GUI just because Ubuntu did. They
> seem to be a bit saner over there. I think Ubuntu is going to lose a lot
> of its regular users because of the way they are going and plan to go.
> Just my 2¢.
I've switched from Ubuntu to Debian last year f
On 02/16/2011 01:58 AM, Noah Duffy wrote:
[snip]
Well, I got one problem solved. Got the nVidia drivers installed with
no problem at all!
Using the nvidia-glx appropriate to your card?
:)
Excellent...
My next experiment will have to be with
Pulse
On Tue, 2011-02-15 at 23:55 -0600, Sam Leon wrote:
> On 02/15/2011 09:36 PM, Noah Duffy wrote:
> > Hello, all. I've been an Ubuntu user for quite awhile. Linux has
> > been my only OS for over a year now (and I've been using it on and off
> > longer than that). I've recently gotten the itch to s
On 02/15/2011 09:36 PM, Noah Duffy wrote:
Hello, all. I've been an Ubuntu user for quite awhile. Linux has
been my only OS for over a year now (and I've been using it on and off
longer than that). I've recently gotten the itch to switch to Debian.
Ubuntu has worked quite well for me, but wit
On 02/15/2011 07:36 PM, Noah Duffy wrote:
Secondly, I'm going to have to figure out exactly how to install the
nVidia drivers for my video card. I've seen that I can do it manually
or with the non-free repository. I haven't tried the first method,
but installing nvidia-glx just seemed to cause
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Doug wrote:
> On 02/15/2011 10:36 PM, Noah Duffy wrote:
>>
>> Hello, all. ?I've been an Ubuntu user for quite awhile. ?Linux has
>> been my only OS for over a year now (and I've been using it on and off
>> longer than that). ?I've recently gotten the itch to switch
On 02/15/2011 10:36 PM, Noah Duffy wrote:
Hello, all. I've been an Ubuntu user for quite awhile. Linux has
been my only OS for over a year now (and I've been using it on and off
longer than that). I've recently gotten the itch to switch to Debian.
Ubuntu has worked quite well for me, but wit
Hello, all. I've been an Ubuntu user for quite awhile. Linux has
been my only OS for over a year now (and I've been using it on and off
longer than that). I've recently gotten the itch to switch to Debian.
Ubuntu has worked quite well for me, but with everything that is
going on with Unity and
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On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 02:07:13PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
> On Thursday 30 August 2007 20:19:06 Britton Kerin wrote:
> > I just bought a computer that came with ubuntu and would like to switch
> > it to pure debian. Is there a standard way to do this
On Thursday 30 August 2007 20:19:06 Britton Kerin wrote:
> I just bought a computer that came with ubuntu and would like to switch
> it to pure debian. Is there a standard way to do this that someone
> could point me to?
>
> (Though I will say that little hack where the shell tells you which
> pa
Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> But what if you've been using Ubuntu for seven months now, you have
> all your applications install, with all the libraries with version
> numbers like "2-3.2-ubuntu-1"?
Sure, it's not really a big deal. Those usually don't seem to be any
more incompat
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On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 11:55:52AM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Unless you REALLY know what you're doing, upgrading from Ubuntu to
> > Debian (And vice-versa) is nearly impossi
On 8/30/07, Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Unless you REALLY know what you're doing, upgrading from Ubuntu to
> > Debian (And vice-versa) is nearly impossible and unsupported by the
> > Debian com
>
> My idea is that the problem isn't on the package itself, but on the
> dependencies (because I think some packages have different names, so it
> could create some conflicts).
>
> Or does that only apply to more "high-level" files and wouldn't work
> with
应富鸣 wrote:
On 8/31/07, Britton Kerin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I just bought a computer that came with ubuntu and would like to switch
it to pure debian. Is there a standard way to do this that someone
could point me to?
(Though I will say that little hack where the shell tells you which
pac
On Thursday 30 August 2007, Charlie wrote:
> On Friday 31 August 2007 12:47, Miles Bader shared this with us all:
> >--}
> >--} --
> >--} Freedom's just another word, for nothing left to lose --Janis
> > Joplin
>
> I thought Kris Kristofferson wrote that song?
And performed it as well. I have a
Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>--} Freedom's just another word, for nothing left to lose --Janis Joplin
>
> I thought Kris Kristofferson wrote that song?
Yes, he did. Janis sang it.
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Britton Kerin wrote:
> I just bought a computer that came with ubuntu and would like to switch
> it to pure debian. Is there a standard way to do this that someone
> could point me to?
While this is not a "standard" method I think 'debtakeover' is quite a
clever method and should work. Here is
On Friday 31 August 2007 12:47, Miles Bader shared this with us all:
>--}
>--} --
>--} Freedom's just another word, for nothing left to lose --Janis Joplin
I thought Kris Kristofferson wrote that song?
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Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Unless you REALLY know what you're doing, upgrading from Ubuntu to
> Debian (And vice-versa) is nearly impossible and unsupported by the
> Debian community (If you did try it, we probably wouldn't be able to
> help yo
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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> On 08/30/07 14:37, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> [snip]
>>
>> While it's just a small, niggling detail and may be just semantics,
>> there is a true root account on Ubuntu that can be used the
On Thursday 30 August 2007, 应富鸣 wrote:
...
> If you want to use GNOME, Ubuntu is also a good choice. It's very
> stable. But if you want to use KDE, as far as my experience, KUbuntu
> is less stable than both GNOME of Ubuntu and KDE of Debian.
I've found Kubuntu quite stable. The only difference
n are not compatible. Once someone wanted to use the
source of Debian to install packages in Ubuntu, but finally his Ubuntu
crashed. Many people have done this and got the same result. So if
you want to transfer Ubuntu to Debian, I suggest you to format your /
partition and reinstall Debian.
Debia
Ron Johnson wrote:
> Hal Vaughan wrote:
> > While it's just a small, niggling detail and may be just semantics,
> > there is a true root account on Ubuntu that can be used the same as a
> > root account on any Debian release. The only difference is it doesn't
> > have a password on setup.
>
>
On Thursday 30 August 2007, Cassiano Bertol Leal wrote:
> Celejar wrote:
> > On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:03:17 -0400
> >
> > Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> On Thursday 30 August 2007, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >>> On 08/30/07 14:37, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> >>> [snip]
> >>>
> While it's just a
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Celejar wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:03:17 -0400
> Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> On Thursday 30 August 2007, Ron Johnson wrote:
>>> On 08/30/07 14:37, Hal Vaughan wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>>
While it's just a small, niggling detail and
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On 08/30/07 15:15, Sarunas Burdulis wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 08/30/07 14:37, Hal Vaughan wrote: [snip]
>
>>> While it's just a small, niggling detail and may be just
>>> semantics, there is a true root account on Ubuntu that can be
>>> used t
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Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 08/30/07 14:37, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> [snip]
>
>> While it's just a small, niggling detail and may be just semantics,
>> there is a true root account on Ubuntu that can be used the same as a
>> root account on any Debian relea
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:03:17 -0400
Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 30 August 2007, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 08/30/07 14:37, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> > [snip]
> >
> > > While it's just a small, niggling detail and may be just semantics,
> > > there is a true root account on Ubuntu
On Thursday 30 August 2007, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 08/30/07 14:37, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> [snip]
>
> > While it's just a small, niggling detail and may be just semantics,
> > there is a true root account on Ubuntu that can be used the same as
> > a root account on any Debian release. The only diffe
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[snip]
>
> While it's just a small, niggling detail and may be just semantics,
> there is a true root account on Ubuntu that can be used the same as a
> root account on any Debian release. The only difference
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Britton Kerin wrote:
> I just bought a computer that came with ubuntu and would like to switch
> it to pure debian. Is there a standard way to do this that someone
> could point me to?
There is no standard way. Fresh reinstall is perhaps the closest
one could point me to?
> >
> > (Though I will say that little hack where the shell tells you which
> > package a program is in looks pretty cute and helpful :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Britton
>
> Unless you REALLY know what you're doing, upgrading from Ubuntu to
&
gt; (Though I will say that little hack where the shell tells you which
> package a program is in looks pretty cute and helpful :)
>
> Thanks,
> Britton
>
>
Unless you REALLY know what you're doing, upgrading from Ubuntu to
Debian (And vice-versa) is nearly impossible an
Hi.
Britton Kerin, 30.08.2007 20:19:
> (Though I will say that little hack where the shell tells you which
> package a program is in looks pretty cute and helpful :)
Not sure what you mean here, but that’s what apt-file is for.
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On 8/30/07, Britton Kerin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> I just bought a computer that came with ubuntu and woul
I just bought a computer that came with ubuntu and would like to switch
it to pure debian. Is there a standard way to do this that someone
could point me to?
(Though I will say that little hack where the shell tells you which
package a program is in looks pretty cute and helpful :)
Thanks,
B
do my intial attempt of ubuntu to debian was not
the best idea.
Thanks for all those comments regarding my question on the changeover.
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On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 12:49:20PM +1030, Stef Daniels VK5HSX wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have got several Debian installations, however, my desktop
> machine has Ubuntu 6.06 installed. What I wish to know is if there is an
> easy way to change installations (without actually going through the
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 01:50:55AM -0500, Angelo Bertolli wrote:
> Stef Daniels VK5HSX wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I have got several Debian installations, however, my desktop
> > machine has Ubuntu 6.06 installed. What I wish to know is if there is an
> > easy way to change installations (
Stef Daniels VK5HSX wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have got several Debian installations, however, my desktop
> machine has Ubuntu 6.06 installed. What I wish to know is if there is an
> easy way to change installations (without actually going through the
> install) by changing the repositories an
On Wednesday 24 January 2007 18:19, Stef Daniels VK5HSX wrote:
> I have got several Debian installations, however, my desktop
> machine has Ubuntu 6.06 installed. What I wish to know is if there is an
> easy way to change installations (without actually going through the
> install) by changin
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 12:49:20PM +1030, Stef Daniels VK5HSX wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have got several Debian installations, however, my desktop
> machine has Ubuntu 6.06 installed. What I wish to know is if there is an
> easy way to change installations (without actually going through the
Greetings,
I have got several Debian installations, however, my desktop
machine has Ubuntu 6.06 installed. What I wish to know is if there is an
easy way to change installations (without actually going through the
install) by changing the repositories and doing
#apt-get dist-upgrade
as I
Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 2. change your sources.list to point to debian testing and do a
> dist-upgrade. GOOD LUCK!!!
...
> The second method is VERY error prone. You might get into dependency
> hell, config hell, ... and this (should at least) replaces all
> Ubuntu packages wit
On Thursday 13 April 2006 12:38 pm, Chris Dunn so eloquently stated:
> I'm coming to Debian via Ubuntu.
>
> Ubuntu (Breezy Badger) mightily impressed me after struggling for
> several years and never quite succeeding with Slackware.
I recently moved back to Debian from Ubuntu as I wanted to move t
there any established method for moving from Ubuntu to Debian Testing
> without doing a complete new installation of Debian?
I use Ubuntu and Debian (testing) on my laptop, the Debian install was
done through debootstrap.
Take a look at
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apcs04.html.en
g with Slackware.
>
> I'd now like to remove the fluff, and get to the underlying Debian
> basics.
>
> Is there any established method for moving from Ubuntu to Debian Testing
> without doing a complete new installation of Debian?
>
> Chris Dunn
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o remove the fluff, and get to the underlying Debian
> basics.
>
> Is there any established method for moving from Ubuntu to Debian Testing
> without doing a complete new installation of Debian?
>
> Chris Dunn
I know of two methods:
1. debootstrap. You can do this even if you h
I'm coming to Debian via Ubuntu.
Ubuntu (Breezy Badger) mightily impressed me after struggling for
several years and never quite succeeding with Slackware.
I'd now like to remove the fluff, and get to the underlying Debian
basics.
Is there any established method for moving from Ubuntu
I did the switcheroo with an apt-get update and an apt-get dist-upgrade. I had to kill/dispose of a few packages and reload them, but (thanks to dselect pointing out "obsolete" packages) it wasn't all that difficult. A final cleansing using debfoster, a replacement kernel to get rid of the malfun
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Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday, 11 January 2006 at 10:03:34 -0600, Kent West wrote:
> > Jay Zach wrote:
> > >Brooks R. Robinson wrote:
> [...]
> > >>I recently purchased a new fancy schmancy Dell a couple of months ago,
> > >>and I have b
Kent West wrote:
Jay Zach wrote:
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Brooks R. Robinson wrote:
Greetings oh most knowledgeable list,
I recently purchased a new fancy schmancy Dell a couple of months ago,
and I have been delinquent in installing Linux on it. So, I recently
purch
On Wednesday, 11 January 2006 at 10:03:34 -0600, Kent West wrote:
> Jay Zach wrote:
> >Brooks R. Robinson wrote:
[...]
> >>I recently purchased a new fancy schmancy Dell a couple of months ago,
> >>and I have been delinquent in installing Linux on it. So, I recently
> >>purchased an additional har
On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 10:03:34AM -0600, Kent West wrote:
> Jay Zach wrote:
>
> >
> >If you have your /home directory mounted on a separate partition (I HIGHLY
> >recommend this), you can simply install debian, and mount your ubuntu
> >/home as
> >your /debian home.
> >
>
> Except that he's alr
Mike Bird wrote:
On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 08:03, Kent West wrote:
As I understand it, Brooks, Ubuntu is close enough to Debian that a
conversion is possible. Yes, edit your sources.list and do an
update/dist-upgrade; you may have to uninstall some stuff along the way
and then reinstall it.
On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 08:03, Kent West wrote:
>
> As I understand it, Brooks, Ubuntu is close enough to Debian that a
> conversion is possible. Yes, edit your sources.list and do an
> update/dist-upgrade; you may have to uninstall some stuff along the way
> and then reinstall it.
Ubuntu recomp
Brooks R. Robinson wrote:
Greetings oh most knowledgeable list,
I recently purchased a new fancy schmancy Dell a couple of months ago,
and I have been delinquent in installing Linux on it. So, I recently
purchased an additional hard drive and attempted to put Debian on it
(as God intended)
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Brooks R. Robinson wrote:
Greetings oh most knowledgeable list,
I recently purchased a new fancy schmancy Dell a couple of months ago,
and I have been delinquent in installing Linux on it. So, I recently
purchased an additional
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Brooks R. Robinson wrote:
> Greetings oh most knowledgeable list,
>
> I recently purchased a new fancy schmancy Dell a couple of months ago,
> and I have been delinquent in installing Linux on it. So, I recently
> purchased an additional hard drive
Good morning!
Brooks R. Robinson wrote:
Greetings oh most knowledgeable list,
Now for the question: Can I, without too much heartburn, upgrade my
install the Etch or Sid? Is it as simple as changing my sources.list,
doing and apt-get update and an apt-get dist-upgrade? I'm sure I'll end
Greetings oh most knowledgeable list,
I recently purchased a new fancy schmancy Dell a couple of months ago, and I have been delinquent in installing Linux on it. So, I recently purchased an additional hard drive and attempted to put Debian on it (as God intended). Sarge didn't want to recogniz
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