Hi Ray,
On Apr 8, 2005 12:52 AM, Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
> I don't know what "Debian-based" distros use, since I've not used any of
> them ... I've never even heard of MEPIS ... so I can neither encourage nor
> discourage their use. I just note that "Debian-based" != "Debian
>
> Are you sure of this, Jeremy?
>
> I just checked the online package repository for SuSE at
> ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/current/suse/i586, and there I see
> all the usual compiler packages ... for example: gcc (the C compiler),
> g++ (the C++ variant of gcc), the *-devel header files for
At 07:45 PM 4/7/2005 +, Jeremy Abbott wrote:
[...]
I bought Suse about a year ago. Very nice Distro with package
management through Yast. My problem with it though, was that it does
not come with a C compiler. If all youare installing is binary
packeges, that's fine. I wanted to do some com
Peter wrote:
>Hi,
>
>having read all the replies I would almost be scared to go to a Linux OS. It
>is not that difficult at all. With Fedora I would call the installation a
>child's or grandma's play, however, would recommend to do the partitioning
>yourself after having read how to go about it
Hi,
having read all the replies I would almost be scared to go to a Linux OS. It
is not that difficult at all. With Fedora I would call the installation a
child's or grandma's play, however, would recommend to do the partitioning
yourself after having read how to go about it.
As for me slackwa
At 02:50 PM 4/7/2005 +0800, Yawar Amin wrote:
[...]
Here's what I think: Debian is excellent, but ... outdated. And
if you want to be cautious and not try to do full upgrades from the
'net for fear of breaking something, then you're stuck with older
stuff. (Sorry, Ray! I had to get that out. I mys
James Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A couple of ways to adress this: 1) find a distro with a good support
> community (e.g., Ubuntu is a newbie-oriented distro with a really
> active forum) and ask about your hardware there ahead of time. This
> presumes you know what kind of hardware is in
Hi NNK,
On Apr 7, 2005 4:04 AM, NNK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was wondering what I should be looking at in the different distros
> before picking one to use.
>
> Being a total novice, I don't have much experience on Linux, so I'm
> wondering what I should be asking.
>
> Any advice?
I can a
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, NNK wrote:
I was wondering what I should be looking at in the different distros before
picking one to use.
Being a total novice, I don't have much experience on Linux, so I'm wondering
what I should be asking.
Any advice?
In addition to Ray's advice, I'll add a couple of obs
At 01:34 AM 4/7/2005 +0530, NNK wrote:
I was wondering what I should be looking at in the different distros
before picking one to use.
Being a total novice, I don't have much experience on Linux, so I'm
wondering what I should be asking.
Any advice?
This is a difficult question to answer with a
I was wondering what I should be looking at in the different distros
before picking one to use.
Being a total novice, I don't have much experience on Linux, so I'm
wondering what I should be asking.
Any advice?
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