As a newcomer to Debian, although more experienced in other distros, I think this is a wonderful idea. I have been dabbling in LInux for about a year or so, have tried Mandrake, RedHat, Phat, Peanut, Caldera, Progeny Beta, etc. (about a dozen!), but am really interested in becoming more aware of what is happening internally, and have been playing with Debian for about 2 months. I initially installed with only CD1, and then tried some other distros yet again, and have now installed with 3 CDs. I'm hooked! Especially after my first "apt-get update, apt-get upgrade"! I upgraded 26 packages on a 56k modem in about 1 hour, and it went flawlessly. I am still struggling though with things such as compiling sound, getting my printer to work, etc., so a help file like the one proposed would be really useful.
This list is an incredible source of info, and I have already had answers to some questions, both my own posted ones, and ones that others posted but that were of help to me. I am gradually moving over to be as MS free as possible, but will still require a dual-boot due to family and some software requirements. Unless I convert my 486-sx to Debian, I'll never see those great uptimes I see posted. :) I may do that just because I can. 486-sx, 24 megs, should run properly I would assume. Thanks for the time, the great proposal, and to all the developers, for what looks like the best distro yet! (once you get it installed <grin> ) Actually, the only trouble installing was an unrecognized SVGA card, Diamond Viper v550 AGP, but I worked in the second terminal, and installed xserver-svga, and all was well. :) Phil Murphy Nanaimo, BC, Canada Registered Linux User 197338 Yamaha XS1100 SG P.S. a Dharryl! Conas tá tú? Is Pilib Ó Murchú anseo (aka Farside) ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob Mahurin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Glyn Millington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com>; <debian-user@lists.debian.org>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 11:01 AM Subject: Re: what i've learned, and explanation. > X_Operating_System: Debian GNU/Linux (potato), powered by Linux 2.2.16 > System_Uptime: 11:12am up 75 days, 21:30, 2 users, load average: 1.53, > 1.12, 1.04 > X-Unnecessary-Clutter: Please ignore this header. I apologize for the > inconvenience. > Resent-Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > X-Mailing-List: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> archive/latest/143617 > X-Loop: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-scanner: Scanned by Nisa EPOscan v2.20 (www.nisa.net) > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 09:05:43AM +0100, Glyn Millington wrote: > > Seems to me that there is a problem for real newcomers with the docs - > > for the very reasons that make them so useful to those who know their way > > around a little. So much variety, so little time. > > > > What might help is a daily post to the list with a subject line > > "NEW TO LIST? READ THIS!!" --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.248 / Virus Database: 121 - Release Date: 11/04/01
