Re: QUantifiable reasons to use debian instead of redhat...?

1998-12-10 Thread graz
On 10 Dec, Marc Barnett wrote: > My preference is debian, there's all sorts of instinctual "gut" feelings > behind > this, plus some things like "Superior package system"< etc that are actually > useful to express. this isn't a technical reason, but I believe NASA chose Debian. you could argue t

Re: Various (basic?) debian questions...

1998-12-10 Thread graz
On 10 Dec, Tun Yang wrote: > Is there somewhere with a debian-beginner-beginner kind of documentation? I just discovered the debian faq on my machine. I'm not sure exactly which package it's from, but dselect tells you if you highlight the right one. have a look in /usr/doc/debian/faq (which will

starting isapnp (was Re: configuring sound (easy?))

1998-12-10 Thread graz
On 10 Dec, Ole J. Tetlie wrote: > If you can't figure things out from the HOWTOs (Marcus Brinkmann has > written a fine SB 32 HOWTO) I'm sure there are plenty of people on > this list who have a working SB AWE 64 (me included :-) and can help you. I hope so! I've currently reached the stage wher

Re: linux in the workplace

1998-12-10 Thread graz
On 10 Dec, Zack Brown wrote: > The basic system I am planning on will be Debian/KDE, since I use Debian > myself, and find KDE to be most similar in appearance to ms-windows (no > insult intended to KDE). as an extra bonus, you could show them how flexible linux + X are, and when you've finished

Re: SOT: Networking/Inquiry on 3Com 3C905B-TX

1998-12-10 Thread graz
On 9 Dec, Bernd Kreimeier wrote: > > I have been offered twisted-pair (RJ) > only PCI boards, 3Com 3C905B-TX, which I map tp > 10Base-Tx, Cyclone B revision, aka `Boomerang', the B version is supposedly 'cyclone' rather than 'boomerang'. > Anything I should be aware of? I have them in all my

configuring sound (easy?)

1998-12-09 Thread graz
I'm running 2.0.36 on i386, and have a SoundBlaster AWE 64 plugged into it, which is unconfigured. I used to use Red Hat, which came with a rather neat little utility called soundconfig (I think) that was capable of automatically helping you install a module for soundblaster compatible cards. It w

Re: fetchmail problem

1998-12-08 Thread graz
On 8 Dec, Jiri Baum wrote: > That sounds like you are running it in daemon mode, I'd forgotten about daemon mode. I used to use it, but then it crashed for some reason, so I decided to just run it from crontab instead. Is daemon mode much better? Should I switch back to daemon mode, do you thin