> So much for the topic at hand... in general: fear not. > It's part of the Linux learning process that one learns where to pick up > information. man, info, /usr/share/doc/, www... google is your friend, > but google is not the be-all and end-all of everything. > Especially if you what you're looking for can't easily be phrased as a > search term, or scores far too many hits. I've been using Linux since 0.7x kernels, so you can skip the patronizing. Last time I checked, some of my patches were still in the driver sources for various adapters.
The point I was making is that most of us have better things to do than search more than 5 pages of google hits. If the 'right places' to get Debian applications were listed on the debian homepages, this wouldn't be necessary. (more on this below) > > > Wrong: > > http://source.backports.org/debian/dists/woody/mozilla/binary-i386/ > > > has mozilla 1.5. > > > > How is one to find this? I didn't find a link to that site anywhere > > > www.apt-get.org -- I wish I'd found out about that site a lot sooner > that I actually did. Your bookmarks ain't complete without it. I _WAS_ searching on apt-get.org and that's where I found that 1.4b4 was the latest one showing. The only firebird showing at the time was .5 .. I know this isn't your fault, but this is starting to become silly. I like Linux, but I don't install it in production environments because I prefer to get work done, rather than keep spinning in circles with stuff. Many people have tried to tell me how great the Debian package management stuff is, but I really ain't seeing it. Everything is still hack-it-yerself and live your life through Google. -- Joe Rhett Chief Geek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isite Services, Inc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
