at as:
The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ
www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/index.en.html
PDF The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ
www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/debian-faq.en.pdf
FAQ - Debian Wiki
wiki.debian.org/FAQ
Debian -- Debian security FAQ
www.debian.org/security/faq
D
On 02/25/2021 03:59 AM, Darac Marjal wrote:
On 25/02/2021 09:55, Richard Owlett wrote:
My underlying problem is I lack of skill with search tools.
To find any occurrence of "FAQ" in debian.org I can do
https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=faq%20site%3Adebian.org
But I want only those pages wi
On 25/02/2021 09:55, Richard Owlett wrote:
> My underlying problem is I lack of skill with search tools.
>
> To find any occurrence of "FAQ" in debian.org I can do
>> https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=faq%20site%3Adebian.org
>
> But I want only those pages with "FAQ" in the page title. How?
This
My underlying problem is I lack of skill with search tools.
To find any occurrence of "FAQ" in debian.org I can do
https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=faq%20site%3Adebian.org
But I want only those pages with "FAQ" in the page title. How?
TIA
debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/debian-faq.en.txt,
4.7). The package does not exist on Wheezy, nor apparently (according
to the package history) since 2005. I'm unsure whether to file this as
a bug against the FAQ or the fact that the package is missing.
The former, I dare say.
Bugreport
On 2013-06-28 21:24 +0200, Joseph Lenox wrote:
> On 06/28/2013 11:04 AM, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> On 2013-06-28 17:39 +0200, Joseph Lenox wrote:
>>
>>> Noticed that "termcap-compat" is referenced in one of the FAQ
>>> questions on the website
>>>
On 06/28/2013 11:04 AM, Sven Joachim wrote:
On 2013-06-28 17:39 +0200, Joseph Lenox wrote:
Noticed that "termcap-compat" is referenced in one of the FAQ
questions on the website
(http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/debian-faq.en.txt,
4.7). The package does not exist on W
On 2013-06-28 17:39 +0200, Joseph Lenox wrote:
> Noticed that "termcap-compat" is referenced in one of the FAQ
> questions on the website
> (http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/debian-faq.en.txt,
> 4.7). The package does not exist on Wheezy, nor apparently (acco
Noticed that "termcap-compat" is referenced in one of the FAQ questions
on the website
(http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/debian-faq.en.txt, 4.7).
The package does not exist on Wheezy, nor apparently (according to the
package history) since 2005. I'm unsure whether to
On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:49:12 +0100, Lisi wrote in message
<201204111549.12321.lisi.re...@gmail.com>:
> On Wednesday 04 April 2012 17:07:16 Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 11:28:59 +0100, Lisi wrote in message
> >
> > <201204041128.59935.lisi.re...@gmail.com>:
> > > On Wednesday 04 Apri
On Wednesday 04 April 2012 17:07:16 Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 11:28:59 +0100, Lisi wrote in message
>
> <201204041128.59935.lisi.re...@gmail.com>:
> > On Wednesday 04 April 2012 10:01:47 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > > Note that since Lenny, apt-get *installs* recommended packages by
>
On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 11:28:59 +0100, Lisi wrote in message
<201204041128.59935.lisi.re...@gmail.com>:
> On Wednesday 04 April 2012 10:01:47 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > Note that since Lenny, apt-get *installs* recommended packages by
> > default.
>
> ...since Lenny, apt-get *has installed*.
On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 08:28:33PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> funny. Now if it was a picture of two hippos in a river... that would
> make perfect sense. :-)
What about the poor hippo who kept swimming in circles after they kicked
him off the hippo campus?
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On Saturday 07 April 2012 11:28:33 Scott Ferguson wrote:
> On 07/04/12 19:54, Lisi wrote:
> > On Saturday 07 April 2012 00:39:58 Scott Ferguson wrote:
> >>> That is about spelling, not grammar. Since requires the perfect tense.
> >>> It is quite simply wrong in English to say "since installs".
On 07/04/12 19:54, Lisi wrote:
> On Saturday 07 April 2012 00:39:58 Scott Ferguson wrote:
>>> That is about spelling, not grammar. Since requires the perfect tense.
>>> It is quite simply wrong in English to say "since installs". Leave
>>> out the words "since Lenny", and "installs" becomes c
On Saturday 07 April 2012 00:39:58 Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > That is about spelling, not grammar. Since requires the perfect tense.
> > It is quite simply wrong in English to say "since installs". Leave
> > out the words "since Lenny", and "installs" becomes correct, but loses
> > some of the
On Friday 06 April 2012 23:43:37 Chris Bannister wrote:
> > > > One of the keys to "plain English" is brevity. ;-)
> > >
> > > http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=4904#comment-303296
> >
> > That is about spelling, not grammar. Since requires the perfect tense.
> > It is
>
> It was supposed to be a
On Sat, 7 Apr 2012, Chris Bannister wrote:
AIUI, no one knows *yet* whether aptitude or apt-get will be preferred
for Wheezy until the usual testing takes place near the time of actual
release.
look at this (from the Debian Project News, 23 Jan 2012)
http://www.perrier.eu.org/weblog/2012/
On 07/04/12 05:54, Lisi wrote:
> On Friday 06 April 2012 20:34:28 Chris Bannister wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 11:38:29AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>>> On 04/04/12 07:46, Lisi wrote:
On Tuesday 03 April 2012 22:35:00 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> Note that apt-get *installs* recommended
On 07/04/12 05:34, Chris Bannister wrote:
>
> http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=4904#comment-303296
>
You shouldn't have eaten those mushrooms.
Kind regards
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On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 08:54:47PM +0100, Lisi wrote:
> On Friday 06 April 2012 20:34:28 Chris Bannister wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 11:38:29AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > > On 04/04/12 07:46, Lisi wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday 03 April 2012 22:35:00 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > > >> Note tha
On Friday 06 April 2012 21:38:44 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Vi, 06 apr 12, 20:54:47, Lisi wrote:
> > That is about spelling, not grammar. Since requires the perfect tense.
> > It is quite simply wrong in English to say "since installs". Leave
> > out the words "since Lenny", and "installs" be
On Vi, 06 apr 12, 20:54:47, Lisi wrote:
>
> That is about spelling, not grammar. Since requires the perfect tense. It is
> quite simply wrong in English to say "since installs". Leave out the
> words "since Lenny", and "installs" becomes correct, but loses some of the
> intended meaning.
On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 12:35:00AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Mi, 04 apr 12, 02:01:41, Chris Bannister wrote:
> >
> > For a start it is possibly all just hot air unless it is discussed on
> > the debian-doc list and/or a patch submitted against the debian-faq
> &g
On Friday 06 April 2012 20:34:28 Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 11:38:29AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > On 04/04/12 07:46, Lisi wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 03 April 2012 22:35:00 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > >> Note that apt-get *installs* recommended packages by default since
> > >
On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 11:38:29AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> On 04/04/12 07:46, Lisi wrote:
> > On Tuesday 03 April 2012 22:35:00 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> >> Note that apt-get *installs* recommended packages by default since
> >> Lenny and starting with Squeeze is the preferred program to
Am Donnerstag, 5. April 2012 schrieb Lisi:
> On Wednesday 04 April 2012 18:58:07 Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, 4. April 2012 schrieb Lisi:
> > > On Wednesday 04 April 2012 10:01:47 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > > > Note that since Lenny, apt-get *installs* recommended packages
> > > > by
On Wednesday 04 April 2012 19:00:44 Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 4. April 2012 schrieb Lisi:
> > On Wednesday 04 April 2012 12:14:55 Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > > ... since Lenny, apt-get will continue to install recommended
> > > packages by default. So I believe "has" is redundant, eve
On Wednesday 04 April 2012 18:58:07 Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 4. April 2012 schrieb Lisi:
> > On Wednesday 04 April 2012 10:01:47 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > > Note that since Lenny, apt-get *installs* recommended packages by
> > >
> > > default.
> >
> > ...since Lenny, apt-get *h
Am Mittwoch, 4. April 2012 schrieb Lisi:
> On Wednesday 04 April 2012 12:14:55 Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > ... since Lenny, apt-get will continue to install recommended
> > packages by default. So I believe "has" is redundant, even though
> > it's correct.
>
> What is wrong with :
>
> Apt-get will
Am Mittwoch, 4. April 2012 schrieb Lisi:
> On Wednesday 04 April 2012 10:01:47 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > Note that since Lenny, apt-get *installs* recommended packages by
> >
> > default.
>
> ...since Lenny, apt-get *has installed*..
Why? It still does.
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On Wednesday 04 April 2012 12:14:55 Scott Ferguson wrote:
> ... since Lenny, apt-get will continue to install recommended packages
> by default. So I believe "has" is redundant, even though it's correct.
What is wrong with :
Apt-get will continue to install recommended packages by default.
Wh
On 04/04/12 20:28, Lisi wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 April 2012 10:01:47 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>> Note that since Lenny, apt-get *installs* recommended packages by
>> default.
>
> ...since Lenny, apt-get *has installed*..
>
> ;-)
> Lisi
>
>
Even trickier - since Lenny developers have been
understood by most English speakers.
I would insert a footnote explaining "recommended" and possibly the
relevant stanza in apt.conf.
> Beginning with the release of Squeeze,
Some will have problems with the historical context - does that mean
that on that day all Debian rele
On Wednesday 04 April 2012 10:01:47 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> Note that since Lenny, apt-get *installs* recommended packages by
> default.
...since Lenny, apt-get *has installed*..
;-)
Lisi
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On Wednesday 04 April 2012 02:38:29 Scott Ferguson wrote:
> 2. How I'd write it:-
> Apt is the recommended program to perform system installation and major
> system upgrades.[*3]
>
> 3. To avoid confusion people should read the fine Debian documentation
> in their native language.
:-) +1
Lisi
On Mi, 04 apr 12, 11:38:29, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> My suggestions:-
>
> 1. rephrased for clarity, but hardly succint.
> Note that since Lenny, apt-get installs recommended[*1] packages by default.
> Beginning with the release of Squeeze[*2], apt is the recommended
> program to perform system inst
On 04/04/12 07:46, Lisi wrote:
> On Tuesday 03 April 2012 22:35:00 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>> Note that apt-get *installs* recommended packages by default since
>> Lenny and starting with Squeeze is the preferred program to perform
>> system installation and major system upgrades.
>
> Note
On Tuesday 03 April 2012 22:35:00 Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> Note that apt-get *installs* recommended packages by default since
> Lenny and starting with Squeeze is the preferred program to perform
> system installation and major system upgrades.
Note that apt-get *has installed* recommended
On Mi, 04 apr 12, 02:01:41, Chris Bannister wrote:
>
> For a start it is possibly all just hot air unless it is discussed on
> the debian-doc list and/or a patch submitted against the debian-faq
> package. I know that you are involved in translations and hence have
> some influence
system installation, and major system
> upgrades to releases as of Squeeze.
>
> What do you think?
For a start it is possibly all just hot air unless it is discussed on
the debian-doc list and/or a patch submitted against the debian-faq
package. I know that you are involved in tra
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009, Chris Burkhardt wrote:
> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > currently perusing the FAQ, section 5.10 asks, "where is pine?"
> > since alpine is apparently available for debian, shouldn't that
> > section at least mention that alternative? i've used alpine as a
> > drop-in replacem
ora for quite some time.
Yes, I think that would be a good idea.
>is there a better place to make that suggestion?
>From FAQ Section 16.2 "Feedback":
Comments and additions to this document are always welcome. Please send e-mail
to doc-deb...@packages.debian.org, or submit a wi
currently perusing the FAQ, section 5.10 asks, "where is pine?"
since alpine is apparently available for debian, shouldn't that
section at least mention that alternative? i've used alpine as a
drop-in replacement for pine on fedora for quite some time. is there
a better place to make that sugg
Deboo ^ wrote:
> Is there someone who has taken the pain to write an FAQ of
> problems/working solutions from this list? If yes, please give me the
> link. If not, I think there should be such an FAQ too, other than the
> debian faq. I can try and contribute.
>
> Regards,
>
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Deboo ^ wrote:
> Is there someone who has taken the pain to write an FAQ of
> problems/working solutions from this list? If yes, please give me the
> link. If not, I think there should be such an FAQ too, other than the
> debian faq. I can try and contribute.
&
Deboo ^ wrote:
Is there someone who has taken the pain to write an FAQ of
problems/working solutions from this list? If yes, please give me the
link. If not, I think there should be such an FAQ too, other than the
debian faq. I can try and contribute.
Some have ended up at NewbieDOC: http
On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 02:43:38PM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote:
> Is there someone who has taken the pain to write an FAQ of problems/working
> solutions from this list? If yes, please give me the link. If not, I think
> there should be such an FAQ too, other than the debian faq. I ca
Is there someone who has taken the pain to write an FAQ of problems/working
solutions from this list? If yes, please give me the link. If not, I think
there should be such an FAQ too, other than the debian faq. I can try and
contribute.
Regards,
Deboo
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On Tue, 28 May 2002 08:12:33 +0700
"Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim" wrote:
> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
>
> > You should have contacted the FAQ authors with your suggestion,
> > instead of spamming all of the lists that you thought were applicable.
>
> Me spamming? I take that as an insult.
And what woul
Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> You should have contacted the FAQ authors with your suggestion,
> instead of spamming all of the lists that you thought were applicable.
Me spamming? I take that as an insult. You'd better fix your
procmail filter, and I will fix mine.
regrets,
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On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 06:01:35PM +0700, Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim wrote:
> Thus, I have sent the suggestion to all related parties who could increase
> that FAQ visibility. May I know how to notify them all otherwise? I
> believe that there should be sufficient hints for finding the FAQ and
> HOWT
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 06:01:35PM +0700, Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim wrote:
> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > Please do not cross-post to so many lists with general comments.
> > Following up to debian-user.
>
> The issue was, that it is not so obvious to find the Debian
Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> Please do not cross-post to so many lists with general comments.
> Following up to debian-user.
The issue was, that it is not so obvious to find the Debian FAQ.
Neither it is obvious that the FAQ is most likely available on
the local disk (when installing the debi
Please do not cross-post to so many lists with general comments. Following
up to debian-user.
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 03:54:37PM +0700, Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim wrote:
> BTW, I tried to find out (in FHS and Debian Policy) the
> differences between /usr/doc/ and /usr/share/doc as well as
> why s
To Whom It May Concern:
I am writing in regard of "Debian FAQ" to the addresses that are
mentioned in " function" of the debian-boot disk as well as
suggested by the debian FAQ itself.
My concern is that it is not so obvious to find the Debian FAQ,
and therefore I would lik
Kenward Vaughan wrote:
> There was a brief flurry of notes to one another, then nothing afterwards.
the norm, sadly. maybe we can keep it going...?
i've started http://newbiedoc.intranets.com/ for the purpose.
> I have acquired a 486-66 at work to play with, and have already installed
> Debia
On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 02:22:35PM -0500, William Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote
> Each one of those topics probably has a handful of "how do I" associated with
> it that a very new user would "typically" ask to this list. First off I'd
> like
> to ask if someone has already gathered a FAQ lik
nosing around, i found this debian faq,
which i may have run into earlier, but
now that i know as much as i do, i wish
i'd seen it sooner!
http://ftp.opensource.captech.com/debian/doc/FAQ/debian-faq.txt.gz
it's also on most debian systems, i'd bet,
under /usr/share/doc/debian/FA
On Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 06:54:12PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> There is allready a lot of documentation around. Rewriting all of that
> would be pointless. It might be a good idea to create a big FAQ-index.
...
It might be if everyone walking into Linux (Debian, particularly :) spoke
the lan
There is allready a lot of documentation around. Rewriting all of that
would be pointless. It might be a good idea to create a big FAQ-index.
eg:
Disks & Drives
Q How do I read a file from my Windows partition?
A Mount package, Windows-To-Linux HOWTO
Q How do I access my ZIP drive?
A Mount package
On Sun, 22 Oct 2000 14:22:35 -0500
William Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If your interested in this project or have suggestions please feel free to
> contact me on the list here or privately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] It would
> be a shame to let all the talent that people on this list have stor
On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 02:22:35PM -0500, William Jensen wrote:
> As a newcomer to Debian I, like many since I've joined this list, ask typical
> newbie questions about the some basic things.
> Each one of those topics probably has a handful of "how do I" associated with
> it that a very new use
ustodio, L. C.
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- Original Message -
From: "William Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 5:22 PM
Subject: Idea: Master Debian FAQ (newbie-centric)
> Greetings folks,
>
> As a newcomer to Debian I, like many since I'
On 23 Oct 2000, Bill Ramsey wrote:
> I think an excellent format is what the Caldera users have done. They
> have put together a "Step by Step" site which Caldera and others
> mirror.
>
> http://linux.nf/stepbystep.htm
>
> It takes one or two dedicated people to hold it all together; and the
> p
I too would be interested in developing this.
I know I can offer up a begining list of questions
that don't apear to be answered in any one place with
brevity and clarity. But the clarity I personally am
looking for is one filtered through windows. I'm a
crossdressing newbie. I'm fleeing the ap
I think an excellent format is what the Caldera users have done. They
have put together a "Step by Step" site which Caldera and others
mirror.
http://linux.nf/stepbystep.htm
It takes one or two dedicated people to hold it all together; and the
participation of many, many people. Someone who is e
Bill,
Count me in on this. I'm another one of those people who's been at it for a
while, but still feel very newbie-ish about (too) Many things. I'd love to
put some time into helping the people who work so hard putting the system
together. Whatever I can contribute to, I'll do...
A thought
I think this is a fantastic idea! I volunteer whatever I can to help out
this cause. I think we should get a mailing list for this set up and
start building it as soon as possible.
> What I'm getting around to saying is how can we, the Debian
> community, set up some newbie FAQ's that are tailored
Greetings folks,
As a newcomer to Debian I, like many since I've joined this list, ask typical
newbie questions about the some basic things. If we take a step back and look
at the big picture there is a basic group of things new users want to get
accomplished. For example most users want to send
Hello,
I was thinking, that there is a possibility that I do not must
copy all splitted files to my harddrive and the unspülit them.
Oh yes, some of the machines working stand allone without a network.
Only the 'base', XFree86 and StarOffice.
And then the Computers are without CD-Rom or ZIP-Dis
d of=/dev/fd0 if=[]
Otherwise on a DOS box you need the "rawrite2.exe" program (read
rawrite2.txt which should be with the program).
The "canonical" location for all of these files (including rawrite) is
debian/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/current/
On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 07:
On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 07:31:37PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> OK, I have splitted a package in smaler parts (dpkg-split)
> and copied them to three Floppys.
> Now I want to know, how to install this 3 Floppys on my machine.
> What must I do with dpkg ???
> Must I copy the files first ont
Hello,
I have a question in relation to the Debian FAQ:
9.4 How can I get/install the Debian from a set of floppy disks?
I had read the complete FAQ but I do not find a answer.
OK, I have splitted a package in smaler parts (dpkg-split)
and copied them to three Floppys.
Now I want to know
On Wed, 19 May 1999 "David B.Teague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However, I still don't know where a Debian FAQ may be found!
> Can one of you provide a pointer or a URL?
Answering my own question, and noting "How to feel incredibly
stupid" == Ask a ques
I would first off like to say, that the new Debian Faq is great and has
lots of usefull information. Now that I got that out of the way, here
are the little nit pickings.
It seems that it has not converted over to postscript gracefully. When I
printed it out on my Laser Jet 4M plus, there
The new Debian FAQ is now at ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/FAQ/ .
It is also available in the current doc-debian package
(doc-debian_1.0-4.deb)
It is a major rewrite of the previous version. When you have a
Debian-related question please try to find a corresponding answer in
the FAQ first
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