Oh good.. I tried to use kernels from Kernel.org on Red Hat, but like I mentioned I believe they add THEIR patches and various upgrades to the kernel which made it difficult to upgrade...
I am fairly familiar with apt-get, so that will be nice to use. The jigdo app is what Debian recommends on their website for getting the ISO's. Never thought about using apt for that though... Again, I appreciate the response Joe On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 15:04, Sebastiaan wrote: > High, > > On 1 Mar 2003, Joe Giles wrote: > > > List, > > > > I am new to Debian and have a couple of generic questions. I have used > > Red Hat for years and I'm fairly comfortable with Linux. Here are some > > questions I have: > > > > 1> Is there a facility like Red Hat(up2date) where I can update packages > > on my system? Will apt-get work? > > > When you are running stable, 'apt-get install <packagename>' works fine > for installing new packages. However, if you are running testing or > unstable or willing to upgrade, use: > apt-get update > apt-get dist-upgrade > > which will retreive new package information first and then update the > already installed packages flawlessly. > > > 2> Is the Kernal hacked and patched like the RedHat kernel? > > > Don't know this one, but I have been using kernels from kernel.org for > years without any problems. > > > 3> Would you rather just download the ISO's or would you rather use the > > jigdo app? > > > No need to download ISO's. Not preferred either due to needless traffic on > the internet and using CD's. I always use apt-get as in 1) to update. This > way only new packages that you have installed will be retreived, leaving > the other thousands you don't have installed on their place. > > I have never used jigdo (don't know what it is either, to be onest). When > looking for a program, type (for example): > apt-cache search irc > apt-cache show xchat (xchat is one of the packages returned) > apt-get install xchat > > > > Greetz, > > > > > I appreciate the assistance and I'm sure I will enjoy Debian. > > > > Thanks again > > > > Joe > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > NT is the OS of the future. The main engine is the 16-bit Subsystem > (also called MS-DOS Subsystem). Above that, there is the windoze 95/98 > 16-bit Subsystem. Anyone can see that 16+16=32, so windoze NT is a > *real* 32-bit system. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
