I recently installed Debian Linux on my system and have a few questions about the distribution.
When using dselect, do I have to download from the ftp site, packages or are they on the install disks ? The programs that I am interested in are the XFree86, Emacs and Latex including software to access the net. All I can seem to find while running Linux is the bash shell and ae . I can not find any man pages. I have looked for FAQ`s but have found none pertaining to the info that I need. Does the install contain a list of commands for Linux ? While installing Debian 1.1 when it came to loading and configuring modules to place in the kernal there where a few things I did not understand . 1. Under Fsystem/smbfs involved a Windows 95 Sharing . What is this ? 2. Under Vfat there was a driver ( I guess ) that you could install for Windows 95 long file names under DOS. What is this ? Any help regarding this subject matter would be greatly appreciated. I am a new user in the Linux/UNIX environment and am rather excited about running the OS. Mark Debian 1.1 Root Floppy Built June 16 1996. Windows 95 486 DX2 50 16 RAM CD ROM 4x
