Re: [newbie] Upgrading. (Was questions on apt-get). Probably O/T

2002-12-01 Thread RCD
I tried Debian (potato) about a year ago, and found was horrendous to install. It eventually installed in text mode, but then it took me a week to get it running in X! Even then, I was having all sorts of problems. Definitely not for the newbie or even the semi-newbie, in my opinion. For

Re: [newbie] Sound issues

2002-11-30 Thread RCD
On 29 Nov 2002 13:07:16 -0500 s. Wizard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, sound as in playing something (MP3, or streaming audio (www.di.fm, exmaple)) from xmms or something similar. I would also like to throw in that I haven't been able to find anything decent as far as video players (DiVX,

Re: [newbie] Sound issues

2002-11-30 Thread RCD
On 30 Nov 2002 14:06:32 -0600 Warren Post [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: El vie, 29-11-2002 a las 10:11, Ralph M. Los escribió: 1. What's a good file manager type application? Nautilus plain sucks. I like XWC: fast and light. It's on your installation disks. mc is good also, lets you connect to

Re: [newbie] questions on apt-get

2002-11-30 Thread RCD
On Sat, 30 Nov 2002 19:01:16 + Keith Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 30 Nov 2002 1:41 pm, Thought Progress wrote: Hello All, I am hearing a lot about how apt-get is the end all be all of dependency resolution. Can someone tell me.. 1. What is apt-get ? 2. Does it

Re: [newbie] Fonts

2002-11-28 Thread RCD
On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 10:24:41 -0600 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Don't know but I think the main problem was between the keyboard and the scalp. snip -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 At work we call that an ID10T ticket hehe Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services