Re: Corel to Debian micro-howto

2000-08-09 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Aaron Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > 1) When this is all done, will settings in /etc, such as my network > > settings be changed? > > apt-get always asks you before overwriting a /etc file. Just select 'no' > (the default, iirc) and it will leave the /etc settings untouched. (It > will

Re: Corel to Debian micro-howto

2000-08-09 Thread Aaron Maxwell
> 1) When this is all done, will settings in /etc, such as my network > settings be changed? apt-get always asks you before overwriting a /etc file. Just select 'no' (the default, iirc) and it will leave the /etc settings untouched. (It will do this for each /etc/ file separately, so you can clo

Re: Corel to Debian micro-howto

2000-08-09 Thread John Reinke
Aaron Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (among other things): >... >3. Remove all packages with the string "corel" in them. You can get >... >4. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to point to where the new packages are >... >5. As root type: > apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade >... Okay, I a

Re: Corel to Debian micro-howto

2000-08-09 Thread Joachim Trinkwitz
Aaron Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 6. KDE is now gone (CorelOS comes with a Corelized version of KDE, > which you removed a few steps ago). In its stead, I installed > gnome. [1] Install the necessary gnome stuff with this command: > apt-get install gdm gnome-bin gnome-pa

Re: Corel to Debian micro-howto

2000-08-07 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Aaron Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Someone asked, so here's how I transmuted my version of CorelOS to > more or less "pure" debian. Though this worked for me, it might be a > good idea to read any comments made on this post before doing this, > since IANAG (i am not a guru) > > 1. Esta

Corel to Debian micro-howto

2000-08-07 Thread Aaron Maxwell
Someone asked, so here's how I transmuted my version of CorelOS to more or less "pure" debian. Though this worked for me, it might be a good idea to read any comments made on this post before doing this, since IANAG (i am not a guru) 1. Establish a net connection, if it's not already up. (i.e.,