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From: John Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Previ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Debian GNU/Linux User
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: You are a Linux Guru!
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> >
> > "Debian is one of the roughest Linux Distributions t
On Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 10:04:25AM +0200, Preben Randhol wrote:
> kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote on 26/08/2000 (13:33) :
> > I believe it's possible (and generally recommended) *not* to go about
> > using dselect to install packages on installation. My generally
> > suggested MO is to get the minimal
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote on 26/08/2000 (13:33) :
> I believe it's possible (and generally recommended) *not* to go about
> using dselect to install packages on installation. My generally
> suggested MO is to get the minimal install set (the default), and then
> start adding packages afterwards.
>On Fri, 25 Aug 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
>> I believe it's possible (and generally recommended) *not* to go about
>> using dselect to install packages on installation. My generally
>> suggested MO is to get the minimal install set (the default), and then
>> start adding packages afterwar
Hi,
On Fri, 25 Aug 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> I believe it's possible (and generally recommended) *not* to go about
> using dselect to install packages on installation. My generally
> suggested MO is to get the minimal install set (the default), and then
> start adding packages afterwar
On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 10:37:09PM +0200, Preben Randhol wrote:
> kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote on 24/08/2000 (19:20) :
> >
> > FAQ: dselect is being obsoleted. New tools based on apt (capt, etc.)
> > are its replacements. Searching descriptions *is* supported.
>
> Obsoleted it may be in the futu
%% Preben Randhol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
pr> Aaron Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 24/08/2000 (22:46) :
>> I think Karsten means console-apt, which is in unstable:
>> (http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/admin/console-apt.html)
pr> Aha. It's installed and it looks very nice
Aaron Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 24/08/2000 (22:46) :
> I think Karsten means console-apt, which is in unstable:
> (http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/admin/console-apt.html)
Aha. It's installed and it looks very nice! Unfortunately it doesn't look
like one can search descriptions
>I don't like gnome-apt as one has to use the cursed mouse.
err, isn't that enough to file it as a critical bug? :)
hawk
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> But that aside, I searched for capt, but I cannot find it do you have an
> URL?
I think Karsten means console-apt, which is in unstable:
(http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/admin/console-apt.html)
Package: console-apt 0.7.7.2
Text-based user interface for APT
console-apt is an ncurses-ba
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote on 24/08/2000 (19:20) :
>
> FAQ: dselect is being obsoleted. New tools based on apt (capt, etc.)
> are its replacements. Searching descriptions *is* supported.
Obsoleted it may be in the future, but it is still the tool one gets
when installing Debian 2.2
But that a
On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 05:26:24PM +0200, Preben Randhol wrote:
> "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 24/08/2000 (15:48) :
> > Don't get me wrong, the Debian installer is very powerful and easy to use
> > for me. I've done countless installs with it. But it's not state of the
> > art.
"Jaldhar H. Vyas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 24/08/2000 (15:48) :
> Don't get me wrong, the Debian installer is very powerful and easy to use
> for me. I've done countless installs with it. But it's not state of the
> art. We should try and be careful to avoid the "Not invented here"
> syndrom
"Jaldhar H. Vyas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 24/08/2000 (15:49) :
> I don't know. I recently had the opportunity to install Debian on a
> server and I went through hell. And I _am_ a Linux Guru! :-) Eventually
> I had to give up and put Mandrake 7.1 on there which installed
> with no problem
Previ wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Here is a Press clip about Debian in Aug 2000 edition
> of Chip Magazine here in India.
>
> "Debian is one of the roughest Linux Distributions to install,
> and that's why anyone who has managed to configure and
> install Debian is considered to be a Linux guru"
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick] wrote:
> I beg to difer...but then again, it's only my opinion based on my
> experiencesmaybe someone else may have differing viewshey it only
> makes us humans!
>
Take for example RAID support which is what tripped me up in this
case. It'
http://www.astro.com.my
> -Original Message-
> From: Jaldhar H. Vyas [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 11:43 AM
> To: Morten Liebach
> Cc: Debian GNU/Linux User
> Subject: Re: You are a Linux Guru!
>
> > YAY! I've allways wanted to
> YAY! I've allways wanted to be that when I grew up!
>
> BTW Debian is about the same in ease of installation as RedHat, SuSE and
> others, but it's so much easyer to understand, end therefore to admin,
> that I prefer it.
>
I don't know. I recently had the opportunity to install Debian on a
s
On 21, aug, 2000 at 02:28:46 +0530, Previ wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Here is a Press clip about Debian in Aug 2000 edition
> of Chip Magazine here in India.
>
> "Debian is one of the roughest Linux Distributions to install,
> and that's why anyone who has managed to configure and
> install Debian
Hi all,
Here is a Press clip about Debian in Aug 2000 edition
of Chip Magazine here in India.
"Debian is one of the roughest Linux Distributions to install,
and that's why anyone who has managed to configure and
install Debian is considered to be a Linux guru"
Previ
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