Re: Debian unstable vs Ubuntu

2004-11-03 Thread Joerg Rossdeutscher
Hi, Am Dienstag, den 26.10.2004, 21:03 +0200 schrieb Andreas Janssen: > What exactly does modconf do other than load a module and save it's name > to /etc/modules? Exactly that. modconf saves me from understanding how modules work, where they are, in which configfile they have to be written on Ke

Re: Debian unstable vs Ubuntu

2004-10-28 Thread psychoelmo
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:42:16 +0200, Joerg Rossdeutscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Am Dienstag, den 26.10.2004, 15:17 +0200 schrieb Alex Polite: > > So what's with this Ubuntu thing? > > > > I've read some reviews but they're all geared towards Mandrake users. > > > > How does it compare

Re: Debian unstable vs Ubuntu

2004-10-28 Thread psychoelmo
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:08:48 -0500, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin Mark writes: > > DebianUbuntu > > ... > > ... > > has UNIX root userhas regular users use a SUDO-like interface > > This makes no sense. Debian provides sudo and Ubuntu must have

Re: Debian unstable vs Ubuntu

2004-10-28 Thread Wim De Smet
Hi, On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:07:56 -0700, Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 09:03:25PM +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: > > What exactly does modconf do other than load a module and save it's name > > to /etc/modules? If you want to manage modules on your own, add their >

Re: Debian unstable vs Ubuntu

2004-10-27 Thread Marc Wilson
On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 03:57:15AM -0400, PaulNM wrote: As opposed to actually paying attention to the invoice you signed when you bought the box, which details what's in it, of course. Or as opposed to actually doing a modicum of research before you install on the average consumer junkbox. No

Re: Debian unstable vs Ubuntu

2004-10-27 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello John Hasler (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Kevin Mark writes: >> Debian Ubuntu >> ... >> ... >> has UNIX root user has regular users use a SUDO-like >> interface > > This makes no sense. Debian provides sudo and Ubuntu must have a > "UNIX root user". It has, but the account is l

Re: Debian unstable vs Ubuntu

2004-10-27 Thread John Hasler
Kevin Mark writes: > DebianUbuntu > ... > ... > has UNIX root userhas regular users use a SUDO-like interface This makes no sense. Debian provides sudo and Ubuntu must have a "UNIX root user". -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian unstable vs Ubuntu

2004-10-27 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Marc Wilson (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 09:03:25PM +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: > >> By the way, Debian Sarge also installs discover1 and hotplug by >> default, which will detect your hardware, and there is no modconf in >> the new installer. > > Is it possible

Re: Debian unstable vs Ubuntu

2004-10-27 Thread PaulNM
Marc Wilson wrote: Yeah, modconf is one of the more useless things Debian has ever come up with. The entire idea of /etc/modules ranks a close second. WTH? Modconf can be very useful, especially for newer sysadmins. It's nice to be able to just use a menu to go through and see what modules work/

Re: Debian unstable vs Ubuntu

2004-10-26 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 03:17:14PM +0200, Alex Polite wrote: > So what's with this Ubuntu thing? > > I've read some reviews but they're all geared towards Mandrake users. > > How does it compare to the Debian unstable that I'm used to? > > alex > > -- > Alex Polite > http://polite.se > Debian

Re: Debian unstable vs Ubuntu

2004-10-26 Thread Marc Wilson
On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 09:03:25PM +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: > What exactly does modconf do other than load a module and save it's name > to /etc/modules? If you want to manage modules on your own, add their > lines to /etc/modules. Yeah, modconf is one of the more useless things Debian has ev

Re: Debian unstable vs Ubuntu

2004-10-26 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Joerg Rossdeutscher (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I tried it, since I have an AMD64 and I am not happy with > Debian-pure64. > > Ubuntu was not bad, but I do not like it's "I-decide-for-you"-style, > i.e. it asks not enough questions during installation, has no > "modconf" (doesn't compil

Re: Debian unstable vs Ubuntu

2004-10-26 Thread Joerg Rossdeutscher
Hi, Am Dienstag, den 26.10.2004, 15:17 +0200 schrieb Alex Polite: > So what's with this Ubuntu thing? > > I've read some reviews but they're all geared towards Mandrake users. > > How does it compare to the Debian unstable that I'm used to? This is a personally opinion: I tried it, since I ha

Re: Debian unstable vs Ubuntu

2004-10-26 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Clive Menzies (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On (26/10/04 15:17), Alex Polite wrote: >> So what's with this Ubuntu thing? >> >> I've read some reviews but they're all geared towards Mandrake users. >> >> How does it compare to the Debian unstable that I'm used to? > > I also use unstable

Re: Debian unstable vs Ubuntu

2004-10-26 Thread Clive Menzies
On (26/10/04 15:17), Alex Polite wrote: > So what's with this Ubuntu thing? > > I've read some reviews but they're all geared towards Mandrake users. > > How does it compare to the Debian unstable that I'm used to? Hi Alex I also use unstable and am very happy with it. However, we've been tryin

Debian unstable vs Ubuntu

2004-10-26 Thread Alex Polite
So what's with this Ubuntu thing? I've read some reviews but they're all geared towards Mandrake users. How does it compare to the Debian unstable that I'm used to? alex -- Alex Polite http://polite.se -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?