When on Sun, 24 Dec 2000, Jeffrey K LaCroix wrote, I replied:
> Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 00:01:53 -0400 (AST)
> From: Jeffrey K LaCroix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [SLU] Storm 2k Questions
>
> I am considering purchasing the Storm Linux 2k Deluxe addition, but I
> have some questions. I recently installed RH 7 on my system
> (ThinkPad A20m), and surprisingly everything worked out of the box
> (except the winmodem which required some tweaking). This is the main
> reason to keep RH 7 on my system...however it seems clunky and buggy
> on my system. My main questions with Storm 2k are this...since it
> comes with X 3.x.x is it fairly easy to upgrade this to 4.0.2? I
In my experience, this is pretty easy, but YMMV since I have a generic
desktop workstation assembled from parts, and I've seen rumors that
portables can be a PITA.
> don't have the time to fight with Linux over X..:) Is it fairly easy
> to upgrade to the 2.4 test kernels, and will it be easy to upgrade
> once the 2.4 kernel is officially released? The fact that some
Yes.
> packages in Storm 2k are old is my only concern with the
> distro...will attempting to upgrade them work for the most part or
> will I be left with a nonfunctional system? I find the RPM system a
They will most probably upgrade without any problem, and if you hit
a snag, you'll find this list sehr responsive.
> pain because of the all the dependency problems (I end up trying to
> track down about 40 different packages just to install 1 package),
> will apt-get solve all this for me? :)
Emphatically - Yes! I recently installed netscape. This consisted of
apt-get install netscape
a half dozen packages were downloaded and installed without further
intervention. I usually prefer to do this with dselect since it
would have probably shown be a list of alternatives to required
modules as well as additional suggested modules which I like to
tailor to my own individual preferences; I was in a hurry during
this holiday season, though. The developers choices are usually
very apt.
>
> Thanks very much...
>
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