>On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 06:24:55PM -0800, joseph
>lockhart wrote:
>> >On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 03:47:52PM -0500, Douglas
>A. Tutty wrote:
>
>> thank you doug, appreciate the responce, yes i
>want it with
> absolutely
>> no x, the plan is to put it on an old box to force
>me to learn the
>> commandline better (i use it as much as i can but
>i know that so much
>> more could be done with it), besides there is a
>nostalgia factor of a
>> terminal only box (it is what i cut my teeth on so
>to speak, though
>> that was a 286 DOS box). the second thing is that
>it would be nice to
>> see what all you could do without the need for a
>clumbsy GUI (well at
>> least IMHO). the final point is that i am a little
>supprised that no
>> one has made a debian based terminal only
>installation, but i guess
>> being able to do it using the netinstall disk may
>explain that
> (though
>> i would have thought that one would exist for
>those who still exist
> in
>> the world of dialup
>
>I am on slow dialup: 1.2 KB/s usual. Note that
>aptitude/apt is smart
>enough to be able to pick up where a download is
>interrupted. Install
>things in small selections so you're not waiting a
>week just to get
>email setup.
>
>Great, you really want to learn non-GUI.
>
>Before you start, read the aptitude guide, the
>debian reference, and
>the installation manual.
>
>A good non-GUI setup:
>
>Base setup (no tasks),
>aptitude interactive,
>options: don't treat recommends as dependancies.
>go down the list of installed packages and mark
>anything that you don't
> specifically want as 'A'utomaticly
>installed.
>add ppp and pppconfig.
>hit 'g' and see the list of packages to remove.
>You don't need their configs so mark everything that
>is to be deleted
> as
>Purge instead (select the section and mark it
>purge).
>hit 'g' again to get a smaller system with ppp
>available.
>
>set up ppp and get it working.
>
>set up your /etc/apt/sources.list including security
>updates.
>
>pon and run aptitude and do an update. Install the
>security updates.
>
>Install exim4, mutt, mc, lynx, and an editor.
>
>Install lots of docs: doc-linux-html (HOWTOs),
>kernel docs, and docs
> for
>anything you install that has a separate doc
>package.
>
>Enjoy.
>
>Doug.
thank you doug
for me the connection is not really an issue (i am on
a cable connection and was just wondering why and iso
didn't already exist, though i didn't consider the
versitility of the netinstall disk at the time,
however the fact that other companies do have terminal
only versions still makes me wonder why debian doesn't
[slax frodo, toms root boot, etc])
i already use nothing but aptitude for package
managment so that is not an issue, and i will try to
remember to install doc packages.
one other question (knowing that i can read about
packages at www.debian.org) which commandline/terminal
apps are the best in their various areas?
thanks again for the responce
jwlockhart
Registered Linux User #458799
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