Re: New user rant..urr, questions.

2000-11-08 Thread kmself
on Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 10:49:22AM -0600, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 10:14:41AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > on Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 12:21:12PM -0600, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > > --+ Anyhow. I would like some user help.

Re: New user rant..urr, questions.

2000-11-08 Thread will trillich
On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 10:14:41AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > on Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 12:21:12PM -0600, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > > --+ Anyhow. I would like some user help. I need a set of > > > links pointing towards user stories on Debian, as well as > > > variou

Re: New user rant..urr, questions. (fwd)

2000-11-04 Thread sysy
technically accurate, and friendly. > (I hope this is all of the above.) > >-- Forwarded message -- >Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 13:24:35 -0500 (EST) >From: David Teague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >sysy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >ject: Re: New user rant..urr, questi

Re: New user rant..urr, questions.

2000-11-04 Thread David Teague
Hi Sy Many thanks for your detailed response. You asK > > > Question for you, if I may: > I am using an x86 system. If Debian ended up being my sole OS, > are there advantages to switching to another hardware platform? > Does Debian run better on other platforms? (all else being equal - > li

Re: New user rant..urr, questions.

2000-11-03 Thread sysy
--+ Ack, my email client died just after downloading my new email.. so everything got wiped from the server and wasn't saved locally. Yay. --+ I can check the mailing list archives for those emails, but any personal emails got fried. --+ If you sent your email to me personally, would you please re

Re: New user rant..urr, questions.

2000-11-03 Thread will trillich
On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 02:35:13PM -0500, sysy wrote: > In reply to: will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > >> --+ Anyhow. I would like some user help. I need a set of > >> links pointing towards user stories on Debian, as well as > >> various other user pages. There are no links on > >> http://

Re: New user rant..urr, questions.

2000-11-03 Thread sysy
Original message from: kmself@ix.netcom.com >Oh shit, I've been summoned > >My current FAQs cover backups, browsers, books, partitioning, and xdm. >No general installation FAQ. I tend to subscribe strongly to the advice >given by Rick Moen (Google: "Rick Moen LinuxMafia Debian" should >produ

Re: New user rant..urr, questions.

2000-11-03 Thread sysy
in reply to kmself@ix.netcom.com >> ** WARNING ** I TYPE A LOT! DEAL WITH IT!! > >Not an issue if you can format text in such a way as to make it >readable. Paragraphs and standard delmiters (the '+--+ crap is annoying >as hell) strongly preferred. See below as example. Gotcha. Had a brainfa

Re: New user rant..urr, questions.

2000-11-03 Thread sysy
In reply to: will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> --+ Anyhow. I would like some user help. I need a set of >> links pointing towards user stories on Debian, as well as >> various other user pages. There are no links on >> http://www.debian.org and I couldn't find a webring with a >> couple of q

Re: New user rant..urr, questions.

2000-11-03 Thread kmself
on Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 12:21:12PM -0600, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: <...> > > --+ Anyhow. I would like some user help. I need a set of > > links pointing towards user stories on Debian, as well as > > various other user pages. There are no links on > > http://www.debian.org and

Re: New user rant..urr, questions.

2000-11-03 Thread kmself
on Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 12:28:30PM -0500, sysy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > ** WARNING ** I TYPE A LOT! DEAL WITH IT!! Not an issue if you can format text in such a way as to make it readable. Paragraphs and standard delmiters (the '+--+ crap is annoying as hell) strongly preferred. See below

Re: New user rant..urr, questions.

2000-11-03 Thread will trillich
On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 12:28:30PM -0500, sysy wrote: > I'm an experienced computer user, and have been looking at > Linux closer and closer over the last few years. On a couple > of occaisions I have attempted to install various flavours of > Linux with.. umm.. "classic" results. You see, I'm cu

New user rant..urr, questions.

2000-11-03 Thread sysy
** WARNING ** I TYPE A LOT! DEAL WITH IT!! --+ I'm an experienced computer user, and have been looking at Linux closer and closer over the last few years. On a couple of occaisions I have attempted to install various flavours of Linux with.. umm.. "classic" results. You see, I'm cursed..