>From: Travis Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>Subject: Bash Prompt in an XTerm
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>This works fine when I am at the console as a normal user but as root I only
>get:
>
>atheist#
Check root's .bash_profile (and possibly .bashrc)
m for Applixware. My email and ppp
server
is Debian. The configuration tools that come with Debian are easier since
I
don't have X-windows running
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> From: Rick Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: RedHat vs Debian (was Re: Bash Pr
>
> > Redhat is *far* easier to install on a slow machine. After installation
> > is another matter :)
> Slightly faster; not necessarily easier. Since 4.0, Red Hat has been a
> disaster for anyone with a CD-ROM attached to a SoundBlaster card, for
> instance.
this was a future domain. But o
On Tue, 22 Jul 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote:
> Redhat is *far* easier to install on a slow machine. After installation
> is another matter :)
Slightly faster; not necessarily easier. Since 4.0, Red Hat has been a
disaster for anyone with a CD-ROM attached to a SoundBlaster card, for
instance.
>
>
> My question to you is how do you find them (which one do you think is
> best; if there is such a thing as 'best'). Any particular features etc
> you prefer on one over the other?
Redhat is *far* easier to install on a slow machine. After installation
is another matter :)
Redhat's installat
Hiya Travis,
> I just switched from Red Hat 4.2 to Debian 1.3.1 and I am now realizing how
> much
> Red Hat really hides you from things.
I was trying to decide what distribution to install (RedHat versus Debian)
just b4 I shifted to Linux. I must say in the beginning I was very much
inclined a
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I just switched from Red Hat 4.2 to Debian 1.3.1 and I am now realizing how much
Red Hat really hides you from things.
I don't like the default setting for the bash prompt Debian give you and I want
to change it. I edited my /etc/profile and added the line:
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