RE: Debian or Stormix

2000-09-11 Thread Paul McHale
> Now, on the other hand...if people simply do not care to learn > the sytem and > want to be 'up-and-running quick' then RH and their tools are good. This worked for me to a point. Redhat was up and running quickly, but then fell apart when something wouldn't work from the GUI based admin tools.

Re: Debian or Stormix

2000-09-11 Thread Charles Lewis
I agree. Just recently installed Stormix at home and as far as I can tell it IS Debian, so I'm not sure exactly what it is supposed to be hiding. Stormix installation is fast and straightforward. I only have a couple of gripes. Serial mice work during installation but after reboot gpm is pointing t

Re: Debian or Stormix

2000-09-11 Thread kmself
On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 01:38:17PM -0500, William Jensen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > An advantage of a "steep learning curve" is two-fold. Number one you get a > nice confidence boost from the effort it took to learn something new and > challenging. Second is you actually understand what the

Re: Debian or Stormix

2000-09-11 Thread Phillip Deackes
William Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > An advantage of a "steep learning curve" is two-fold. Number one you > get a > nice confidence boost from the effort it took to learn something new > and > challenging. Second is you actually understand what the system is > doing. > For example, if

Re: Debian or Stormix

2000-09-11 Thread William Jensen
On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 05:37:49PM +0100, Phillip Deackes wrote: > "Ray Percival" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you have been using FreeBSD I would just get Debian and for the > > same money you would spend on Storm get a good Debian book. Storm > > hides to much to really learn from IMO. > >

Re: Debian or Stormix

2000-09-11 Thread Phillip Deackes
"Ray Percival" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you have been using FreeBSD I would just get Debian and for the > same money you would spend on Storm get a good Debian book. Storm > hides to much to really learn from IMO. Maybe you could elucidate and tell us what exactly Storm Linux hides? I have

Re: Debian or Stormix

2000-09-11 Thread mike
Well i used Stormix for a few months before i installed Debian potato. I used the free d/l from Stormix so i haven't seen their documentation. Basically i started with Stormix before Debian because i assumed the Stormix install would be easier. When i installed Debian potato from th

Re: Debian or Stormix

2000-09-11 Thread Ray Percival
If you have been using FreeBSD I would just get Debian and for the same money you would spend on Storm get a good Debian book. Storm hides to much to really learn from IMO. -- Original Message -- From: "Christopher W. Aiken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "

Re: Debian or Stormix

2000-09-10 Thread Rino Mardo
On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 05:01:49PM -0400 or thereabouts, Christopher W. Aiken wrote: > I currently use FreeBSD 4.1. I have played with RH, MD, > SuSE, and Caldera in the past. I like learning new things > and thought that I would like to try Debian. > > As I understand it, Stormix is based on

Debian or Stormix

2000-09-10 Thread Christopher W. Aiken
I currently use FreeBSD 4.1. I have played with RH, MD, SuSE, and Caldera in the past. I like learning new things and thought that I would like to try Debian. As I understand it, Stormix is based on Debian. Other than different "system installers" and Stormix has a "graphical" boot screen, are