on Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 01:08:37AM -0600, Matt Greer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I think I'd be fine with potato despite the old packages. It seems > most people want woody instead. But I do have some questions on Debian > that will hopefully help me transistion over better. For server purposes, stable's pretty good. For a desktop, I prefer testing or unstable, with a bias toward unstable. > If I did decide on woody, how exactly would I install it? I know that > question has been asked many times, but I'm confused about the optimal > way to do it. Most seem to suggest installing a very minimal potato > (although what "minimal" means I'm not exactly sure, kernel, modules, > bash, apt?), Minimal means "the base install", without additional packages. > then do "apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade". This would require > unstable sources in my source.list file, right? Well, "unstable" for "Sid", "testing" for "Woody". > Does this upgrade the kernel and/or lilo? Just reboot and there's > woody? Kernels don't upgrade with the system. This is intentional. > How could I install SDL in potato? What's SDL? Simple DirectMedia Layer? No data on that. Spelling out acronyms is recommended. > Is there good documentation on all the package management programs? I > find apt and all its cousins a bit confusing :) The Debian Policy manual is one of the better sources of information. To a certain extent, it's something you "just know". Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free We freed Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
pgpVrvc9SxmUf.pgp
Description: PGP signature
