Re: Libranet to Sarge

2003-03-07 Thread Frank Copeland
On 6 Mar 03 22:35:56 GMT, Keith Winston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By the way, is there some reason Debian can't adopt the Libranet > installer and tweak it for the Debain defaults intead of the Libranet > defaults? The installer is very nice. Debian supports 11(?) architectures. How many do

RE: Libranet to Sarge

2003-03-07 Thread Narins, Josh
> Hi, > Hi, > ...my question is if I do an apt-get > upgrade, will I officially be converted to sarge, or is there > more to it > than that? I believe you might have to apt-get dist-upgrade when doing a change so fundamental. ---

Re: Libranet to Sarge

2003-03-07 Thread Klaus Imgrund
> > While I like a lot about Libranet, my plan was to use it as a short > cut installer for Debian. I hope that doesn't violate the spirit of > the free (older) Libranet version. The price of Libranet seems a > little high to me, considering that they rely on Debian to provide > security fixes,

Re: Libranet to Sarge

2003-03-07 Thread Keith Winston
Colin Watson wrote: On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 04:24:46PM +0800, Robert Storey wrote: Libranet is a commercial distro (and a very good one too - it's what I use). Anyway, the installer and configuration utilities are the property of the owners, so Debian can't simply adopt it without permission. The

Re: Libranet to Sarge

2003-03-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 04:24:46PM +0800, Robert Storey wrote: > On Thu, 06 Mar 2003 17:35:56 -0500 > Keith Winston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > By the way, is there some reason Debian can't adopt the Libranet > > installer and tweak it for the Debain defaults intead of the Libranet > > default

Re: Libranet to Sarge

2003-03-07 Thread Robert Storey
On Thu, 06 Mar 2003 17:35:56 -0500 Keith Winston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By the way, is there some reason Debian can't adopt the Libranet > installer and tweak it for the Debain defaults intead of the Libranet > defaults? The installer is very nice. Libranet is a commercial distro (and a

Libranet to Sarge

2003-03-06 Thread Keith Winston
Hi, I am new to this list and new to debian (but not linux). A few months ago, I installed woody on my laptop, but was disappointed in the shape the install left things. There were too many things left to configure manually. So, over the weekend, I wiped it and decided to try the free versio