Hi Mike -- You asked: > ... do I install X11R6 like I do for > other distributions..or is it in a .deb package?
Debian users can install X11R6 from a series of Debian packages. They are in section "buzz/binary/x11" or "buzz-fixed/binary/x11" at any Debian mirror. You need xlib*.deb, xbase*.deb, whatever font packages you want, whatever xserver*.deb is appropriate for your video card, and fvwm*.deb or fvwm2*.deb. You'll probably also want xmanpages*.deb. > I have installed X11R6 before (3.1.2D/E). are there any bugs > or peculiarities that I should be aware of? (Now that's really an unanswerable question :-). If you had a setup that was working in Slackware, and if you did not require ActiveX to get it working, then chances are extremely high that you can get the same setup working with the Debian packages. However, note that the Debian packages that exist right now do not refer to X11R6 3.1.2D or E. Those were/are beta versions. The earlier version was packaged for Debian. If you require D or E, then I would suggest that you install the Debian packages, then go get what you need for D or E, put them in your /usr/local, and cause the scripts in /etc/X11 to point to your files (particuarly your xserver) in /usr/local. > Are there other common freeware items that are not in packages? Lots of freeware programs have already been packaged for Debian. But the field is hardly exhausted. Every month of so, Sven Rudolph sends out an email with a list of "Work-Needing and Prospective Packages for Debian Linux", which is a kind of "to-do" list for Debian package developers. Hope that helps. Susan Kleinmann
