Re: Change from SuSE to Debian

2002-03-15 Thread pete atkinson
Just a brief note of thanks to those of you who replied either direct or to the list. I am working my way through the Dwarf guide at the moment after having read up on APT in particular and am beginning to 'see the light' Thanks again and hope to be able to make a contribution to the list in my

Re: Change from SuSE to Debian

2002-03-12 Thread Craig Sampson
Hi Pete, On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 19:36:05 +, pete atkinson wrote: >I have been running SuSE in various releases for the last 3 >years and like(d) >to think I had a good grasp of what was going on. I'm a fellow SuSEer. Finally got tired of RPM hell so I'm here trying on a Debian coat. So far

Re: Change from SuSE to Debian

2002-03-12 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 07:36:05PM +, pete atkinson wrote: > I would appreciate some tips... > > I have been running SuSE in various releases for the last 3 years and like(d) > to think I had a good grasp of what was going on. > > In an effort to expand my knowledge, I have commandeered a sp

Re: Change from SuSE to Debian

2002-03-11 Thread Tony Crawford
pete atkinson wrote (on 11 Mar 2002 at 19:36): > Are there any hints/tips/watch-out-fors that you could offer, > principally, I am a bit confused over the non-RPMness of packages and > the lack of the config suites such as YAST/YAST2 that SusE employs. Hi Pete! Make project lists. Pull out a co

Re: Change from SuSE to Debian

2002-03-11 Thread Chris Hilts
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 07:36:05PM +, pete atkinson wrote: > Are there any hints/tips/watch-out-fors that you could offer, principally, I > am a bit confused over the non-RPMness of packages and the lack of the config > suites such as YAST/YAST2 that SusE employs. Get to know apt and dpkg.

Change from SuSE to Debian

2002-03-11 Thread pete atkinson
I would appreciate some tips... I have been running SuSE in various releases for the last 3 years and like(d) to think I had a good grasp of what was going on. In an effort to expand my knowledge, I have commandeered a spare box that I have and have chosen 'Potato' as my first Debian distributi