Hi,
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 12:56:03PM -0500, Matt Price wrote:
Hi folks,
this is not a troll, really! I'm just looking for some advice.
I've been using Debian exclusively for about 2.5 years, and it's the
only linux with which I really have any experience. I teach in the
history
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I *am* looking for out-of-the-box usability,
sounds like you need to use live (standalone) linux cd to know that
hardware all works ...
- installing from cdrom to hardisk is a separate problem
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Nathanael Hasbrouck wrote:
- knoppix-live cd, suse-live cd, slackware-live cd...
( i'm not sure if there is a debian-live cd )
Something like MEPIS?
we always build our own distro or install what the paying customer wants
those that want free or
hi ya matt
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Matt Price wrote:
fun project .. too bad you're in toronto :-)
teach a somewhat unusual coursee next semester: not history at all,
but a kind of technical self-sufficiency not-for-credit
community-based course in a local housing project. Students will
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 12:56 -0500, Matt Price wrote:
Hi folks,
this is not a troll, really! I'm just looking for some advice.
I've been using Debian exclusively for about 2.5 years, and it's the
only linux with which I really have any experience. I teach in the
[snip]
I had a bit of a
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 12:07:49PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 12:56 -0500, Matt Price wrote:
Hi folks,
I had a bit of a wake up call this week when I tried out Ubuntu. I
Have you tried Gnoppix?
er, no, is it much differentfrom the Ubuntu livecd (the one linked to
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 13:53 -0500, Matt Price wrote:
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 12:07:49PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 12:56 -0500, Matt Price wrote:
Hi folks,
I had a bit of a wake up call this week when I tried out Ubuntu. I
Have you tried Gnoppix?
er, no, is
Moin!
I have found ubuntu to be very nice. It's based on debian. You might
want to look at http://ubuntulinux.org to learn more.
Good luck in your quest! ;)
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Matt Price wrote:
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 12:07:49PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 12:56 -0500, Matt Price wrote:
Hi folks,
I had a bit of a wake up call this week when I tried out Ubuntu. I
Have you tried Gnoppix?
er, no, is it much differentfrom the Ubuntu
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:56:03 -0500
Matt Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi folks,
this is not a troll, really! I'm just looking for some advice.
Snip
anyway, thanks as always,
matt
PS: any suggestions as to which list this request really belongs on?
I would recommend kanotix
Scarletdown escribió:
The really great thing about Knoppix and its descendants is its
portability due to the great hardware detection. In most cases, you
can install one of these on one system, then transfer the drive to
another system fairly seamlessly. That was how I got Damn Small
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 03:38:15PM -0500, Matt Price wrote:
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 12:08:28PM -0800, Scarletdown wrote:
RRPotratz wrote:
For really low-spec systems, I also recommend Damn Small Linux. I've
had that running nicely on an old TI laptop (486/DX2-75, 12MB RAM, 540MB
But is there one specific for novices ??,
I have seen :
http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianNeo
Regards.
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On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 16:19 -0500, Adam Aube wrote:
Seneca wrote:
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 03:38:15PM -0500, Matt Price wrote:
hmm, that sounds quite cool, how did you get it on the laptop? does
the laptop have a cdrom? I have a 286 at home with no ethernet, no cd
drive, can't figure
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 15:38 -0500, Matt Price wrote:
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 12:08:28PM -0800, Scarletdown wrote:
RRPotratz wrote:
For really low-spec systems, I also recommend Damn Small Linux. I've
had that running nicely on an old TI laptop (486/DX2-75, 12MB RAM, 540MB
hard
On Tuesday 14 December 2004 12:15 pm, Scarletdown wrote:
Pedro M (Morphix User) wrote:
Scarletdown escribió:
The really great thing about Knoppix and its descendants is its
portability due to the great hardware detection. In most cases,
you can install one of these on one system, then
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 10:20:09PM +, Pedro M (Morphix User) wrote:
But is there one specific for novices ??,
I have seen :
http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianNeo
well, that seems very ocol -- but is itfor real? there wre no links
from that page! anyone know?
Regards.
Hi folks,
this is not a troll, really! I'm just looking for some advice.
I've been using Debian exclusively for about 2.5 years, and it's the
only linux with which I really have any experience. I teach in the
history department at a Canadian university and have been asked to
teach a somewhat
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 12:56 -0500, Matt Price wrote:
Hi folks,
this is not a troll, really! I'm just looking for some advice.
I've been using Debian exclusively for about 2.5 years, and it's the
only linux with which I really have any experience. I teach in the
history department at a
Pedro M (Morphix User) wrote:
Scarletdown escribió:
The really great thing about Knoppix and its descendants is its
portability due to the great hardware detection. In most cases, you
can install one of these on one system, then transfer the drive to
another system fairly seamlessly. That
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 01:16:43PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 13:53 -0500, Matt Price wrote:
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 12:07:49PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 12:56 -0500, Matt Price wrote:
Hi folks,
I had a bit of a wake up call this week when I
Seneca wrote:
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 03:38:15PM -0500, Matt Price wrote:
hmm, that sounds quite cool, how did you get it on the laptop? does
the laptop have a cdrom? I have a 286 at home with no ethernet, no cd
drive, can't figure out how to get linux in there -- haven't used a
floppy
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 12:08:28PM -0800, Scarletdown wrote:
RRPotratz wrote:
For really low-spec systems, I also recommend Damn Small Linux. I've
had that running nicely on an old TI laptop (486/DX2-75, 12MB RAM, 540MB
hard drive, dual boot with DOS 6.22/Windows for Workgroups 3.11).
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